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Mi'kmaw Community Gatherings

"93-year-old Micmac Indian passes away"

[Chronicle-Herald, 9 Mar 1951: "Prospector, photographer, and one of Nova Scotia's best-known citizens, Joseph C. Cope, 93-year-old Micmac Indian, died Wednesday at Shubenacadie. His father, Peter Cope, conferred with Queen Victoria before Confederation to settle Indian troubles in Canada."]

Date: ca. 1951

Photographer: anonymous

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Drawer - Indians - Cope, Joseph C.

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