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Previous Work
Gaby Pelletier
A.B.D., M.A., B.Ed., B.A
More than 10 Years Research on :
Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy Penobscot, & Abenaki baskets, quillwork, moosehair embroidery, beadwork, & barkwork
Former Assistant Curator of History
New Brunswick Museum
Volunteer & Contract Work with:
* York Sunbury Historical Society & Museum
* New Brunswick Museum
* National Museum of Man
* Musée Acadien, l’Université de Moncton
* Centre Culturel Malécite de Cacouna
* Kings Landing Historical Settlement
* Native Studies St. Thomas University
* Carleton County Historical Society Museum
* Kings County Museum
Projects
Exhibit and publication
* Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Decorative Traditions, New
Brunswick Museum
* Various New Brunswick history exhibits for the New Brunswick Museum including “The Loyalists”
Native Splint Basket Research
* Photographed and measured in detail almost 3000 baskets in museums, antique shops, and private collections.
* Interviewed more than 150 Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki elders in the 1970s
* Received a research grant from the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s Ethnology Service with the assistance of the New
Brunswick Museum and wrote a 285 page report.
* Received a second grant from the CMC and NBM which resulted in a publication – Abenaki Basketry
Ethnology Reports for First Nations Communities, Museums, and Private Collectors
* Researched and prepared an accession report in French on the ethnology collection for the Musée Acadien, l’Université de
Moncton, NB
* Researched and wrote a 12 page report on an early Maliseet hat box basket for the Centre Culturel Malécite de Cacouna, QC
* Researched and wrote a 16 page report on the Maliseet basket collection of the Carleton County Historical Society Museum
for Andrea Bear Nicholas, Chair of Native Studies, St. Thomas University
* Researched and wrote a 36 page accession report on the ethnology collection of the Kings County Museum
* Prepared reports on ethnology collections for private collectors including native people.
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