The Mi'kmaq may have identified as "the Red Earth People, or the People of the Red Earth". "Megumaagee", the name the Mi'kmaq used to describe their land, and "Megumawaach", what they called themselves, were linked to the words "megwaak", which refers to the colour red, and "magumegek", "on the earth". Rand translated "megakumegek" as "red on the earth", "red ground", or "red earth". Other suggestions from Robertson include its origin in "nigumaach", which means "my brother" or "my friend", or a term of endearment. Stansbury Hagar suggested in "Micmac Magic and Medicine" that the word "megumawaach" is from "megumoowesoo", in reference to magic.