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An introduction to Summerside: its history, the Nations whose lands it sits on, and Indigenous community life today, with sources.
The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI keeps an office in Summerside, on Read Drive. The Mi’kmaq have lived in Epekwitk for more than 12,000 years. They used the Summerside shore as a summer hunting and fishing ground. Their name for it, Eptek, means hot place, since this side of the Island is warmer. Acadians followed the Mi’kmaq into the area. The Peace and Friendship Treaties of the 1700s set out relations between the British and the Mi’kmaq. They contained no land transfer provisions. In the 1870s, the Aborigines’ Protection Society bought Lennox Island for the Mi’kmaq.
Summerside is in Epekwitk, part of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. Prince Edward Island falls under the Peace and Friendship Treaties, which did not transfer land.
Nearby: Lennox Island First Nation · Kensington · Slemon Park · Bedeque · Miscouche · Tyne Valley
The Mi'kmaq Confederacy of PEI represents the Island's two First Nations, Abegweit and Lennox Island. It works toward self-determination for Mi'kmaq and Indigenous people, and one of its two offices is in Summerside. Its programs cover education, employment, health and family support. An Indigenous Justice program draws on traditional healing approaches. Indigenous Sport Circle PEI creates sport and recreation opportunities for young people. The Confederacy also runs integrated resource management work on land and water. Lennox Island First Nation had 1,108 members in March 2025. About 415 of them live on the reserve. A bridge built in 1973 connects the island community to the rest of Prince Edward Island. In the 2000s the Nation added two more reserves, at East Bideford and Fernwood. Chief Tabatha Bernard has led the band since 2025, with a council of four. More than half of Lennox Island's members, 685 people, live off reserve. For Mi'kmaq people in the western Island, the Confederacy's Read Drive office in Summerside is close at hand.
More on the region: Indigenous Prince Edward Island · all of Canada.
XUSI is an Indigenous-owned business from Saskatoon, started in 2020 by two brothers from northern Saskatchewan. Along with our clothing, we bring Indigenous youth workshops and custom screen printing to Summerside and across Prince Edward Island.
Strong Roots Strong Future is our interactive workshop for Indigenous youth, led by the two brothers who founded XUSI. We travel to schools, First Nations and Indigenous communities, youth organizations and funding programs in Summerside and across Prince Edward Island. Youth ages 10 and up work through identity and culture, financial literacy, fitness, entrepreneurship and business skills, career readiness and hands-on screen printing.
Custom t-shirts, hoodies and crewnecks for Summerside schools, sports teams, businesses, events and First Nations and Indigenous organizations. Send us an idea, get free design help and a full quote before anything is printed. We print in Saskatoon and ship to Summerside. 10-garment minimum, up to 4 colours per design.
Heavyweight cotton tees, hoodies, crewnecks and A-frame hats with Cree words and the stories behind them. Fitness is part of how XUSI started, so our pieces are built for the gym and the street, and we ship them to Summerside.
Yes. Orders of $90 or more ship free to Summerside and anywhere else in Canada. For smaller orders, the shipping cost appears at checkout. Every order is packed in Saskatoon and leaves our shop within 1 to 3 business days.
Yes. Custom screen printing starts at 10 garments, with up to 4 colours per design. Every order gets a full quote before anything is printed, and design help is included. We print in Saskatoon and ship the finished order to Summerside.
No. XUSI is a separate Indigenous-owned company founded in Saskatoon in 2020 by two brothers, on Treaty 6 territory. We have no partners, stockists or events on Prince Edward Island. Many of our designs carry a Cree word, and each story is on our meanings page.
Last reviewed . Facts on this page come from the sources listed below.
Orders to Summerside leave Saskatoon within three business days, printed on Gildan, ALSTYLE, Independent and Bella+Canvas blanks, in the same shop that prints XUSI’s own designs.
The brand is owned by two brothers from northern Saskatchewan, and every word on the clothing is Cree, with the meaning written by them. Browse all XUSI, or read the Meanings page.
