Martha Walls, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Mount Saint Vincent University
Martha Walls’ research and teaching focusses on the historical experiences of the Mi’kmaq, particularly women. Her monograph, “no need of a chief for this band”: Maritime Mi’kmaq and Federal Electoral Legislation,1899–1951 was published in 2010. This paper draws on research related to a second book project about the St. FX-run Micmac Community Development Program, which is in progress and to be published with McGill-Queen’s University Press.