Mi'kmaq / Mi'kma'w

The word Mi'kmaq is simply the unposessed form of the possessed nouns nikmaq, kikmaq and wikma (my people, your people, his/her people).

The word Micmac is a mispronounciation of the Mi'kmaw word. Mi'kmaq is the plural form of the singular Mi'kmaw. When one uses the word Mi'kmaq it always referes to more than one Mi'kmaw person or the entire nation.

The Mi'kmaw people obviously understood the word Mi'kmaq to mean nothing more than the people. (Mikmaw Resouce Center, Beaton Institute, UCCB).