Chapter two of Atlantic Canada A History covers the life of Aboriginal people in the Atlantic region from 1500-1860. The aboriginal people needed to be very resourceful, they would use everything they could from the animals that they killed. They used bones, skin, brains and even tendons from moose and other animals to craft tools and make clothing in order to survive. Before the Europeans arrived the Aboriginals relied solely on the environment to survive. Up until the early nineteenth century the Europeans refused to refer to the aboriginal by their preferred name. The would often refer to them as “Indians”, “savages”, “natives” and other terms. Most Europeans did not have a lot of respect for the pre-contact people. The Mi’kmaq people traded