Prince Edward Island First Nations

Casinos
Play the First Nations casinos, bingo halls, and gaming facilities.

Events
Visit PEI powwows, festivals, concerts, rodeos, and other celebrations.

Places to Visit
Enjoy PEI's cultural and heritage centers, museums, historical sites, archaeology sites, libraries, national parks and monuments.

First Nations
Contact information for the First Nations and Bands of PEI.

Prince Edward Is is Canada's smallest province in both area and population.

Prince Edward Is was called "Abegweit" by the Micmac Indians, who lived there for some 2 000 years before the arrival of the Europeans. The name means "lying down flat," but is freely translated as "cradled by the waves." There is evidence that the ancestors of the Micmacs lived on the island 10 000 years ago, presumably having migrated across the low plain now covered by Northumberland Strait.

The Aboriginal population of Prince Edward Is numbers approximately 1 000.

The island waited until 1873 to join the Dominion of Canada.