Intended to complement and provide context for the archival holdings at Nova Scotia Archives, the Library includes many unique and rare titles and in its scope and content, covers all aspects of Nova Scotia history. Nearly 300 titles relate directly to the Mi'kmaq, and have been entered into a special Library Database created for the Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide.
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Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition of Parker for land in Douglas, westward of the Mi'kmaq grant. Was approved for 200 acres.Land grant registration books (1821) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Parker Abraham |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Return of survey and plan for 100 acres northward of the Mi'kmaq reserve at Whycocomagh.Land grant registration books (1845) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Patterson James |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Memorial of Benjamin Labradore and Paul Nowel, Mi'kmaq born in Lunenburg and living in Mush Mush, for a licence for 300-400 acres for themselves and their families. Noted: "The land applied for by the petitioners lies within the township of Lunenburg and has been granted to the proprietors - whose extensive improvements on the first division of their lots entitles them to favourable consideration. C. Morris."Land grant registration books (1809) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Labradore & Nowel |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition of Joseph Luxey and four other Mi'kmaq men who are permanent settlers at Roseway River, Long Island, Shelburne County. They have lived in one location for the past 25 years and are the fathers of 24 children. They ask a grant of the Island. Licence of Occupation granted for 200 acres.Land grant registration books (1819) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Luxey Joseph & Four Other Indians |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents concerning land for Samuel, Francis and Goram Paul on behalf of eleven families of Mi'kmaq and 100 acres of land in Wentworth.Land grant registration books (1807) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Paul Samuel & Others |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Draft of Grant of 950 acres in the eastern side of the entrance to St. Marys River. Noted: "Selling out of this grant, two acres for the use of the Mi'kmaq as a burying ground at Indian Point."Land grant registration books (1811) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Pride Elisha & Others |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Plan of the east end of the River Denis Basin. Indicates site of Mi'kmaq apple trees, old Mi'kmaq cemetary, Mi'kmaq claims, Mi'kmaq winter huts and clearings. Also shows a shipyard where Kavanaugh and Martin are building a ship.Land grant registration books (1827) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - River Denis Basin |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Return of survey and plan for 234 1/2 acres on the western side of the Mi'kmaq reserve near St. Peter's.Land grant registration books (1844) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Robinson William |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition by widow and family of the late Paulette or Hippolyte Salome for 200 acres on the southwest branch of the Margaree River. Mentions Salome family members: Hippolyte, Francis, Christmas, Peter, Mary, Celeste, Elen and Anne.Land grant registration books (1834) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Salome Catherine (widow) & Children of Catherine & Hippolyte Salome |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition by Hezekiah and Stephen Seaman. About 1805, they purcased 600 acres from a Mi'kmaq named Tony on the River Philip. They called the tract Tony's Bay.Land grant registration books (1810) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Seaman Hezekiah & Others |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents regarding Stephen Seaman's purchase in 1800 of land from the Mi'kmaq. It was a tract the Mi'kmaq held by letter of licence situated on the east side of Pugwash Harbour.Land grant registration books (1807) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Seaman Stephen |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents regarding Stephen Seaman, a loyalist from New York settled in Pugwash in 1783. In 1802, he purchased land for himself and Jonathan Crane of Horton from the Mi'kmaq on the east of Pugwash Harbour.Land grant registration books (1809) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Seaman Stephen & Crane Jonathan |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents regarding Rude's grant, part of which was, in error, reserved for the Mi'kmaq. The grant concerns St. Mary's, Guysborough County and Sydney County.Land grant registration books (1831) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Sinclair William & Others |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents regarding John Corbet born in Truro and living on land in Stewiacke that he purchased from John Flake on a part of the Indian Grant. The story of the transfers include Paul Pemmenwick.Land grant registration books (1816) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - South George & Others |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition for a grant of land by Symonds at Little River, Sydney County, on what is known as the Mi'kmaq reserve.Land grant registration books (1823) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Symonds Joseph |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Petition for some of the Mi'kmaq land at the rear of Little River.Land grant registration books (1823) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Symonds Mary |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Documents regarding John Umlock who, during the American War, with himself and four other men - two of whom were Mi'kmaq - captured an American Privateer of Seven Guns and 24 men that was lying in Dover Harbour adjoining St. Margaret's Bay.Land grant registration books (1810) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Umlock John |
Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — %>Request for a grant by Whellan for 100 acres near the Mi'kmaq reserve at Whycocomagh.Land grant registration books (1846) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 20 Ser. A - Whellan Nancy |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Andrew Mews on behalf of the Mi'kmaq people residing near the Gut of Annapolis, defending the right of the Mi'kmaq to hunt porpoise.Assembly petitions (1821) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 2 number 15 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Letter from Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary's Office, to George Edward Jean regarding a report on the state of the Mi'kmaq in Richmond County.Assembly petitions (1841) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14A |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of George Edward Jean for remuneration for expenses suffered when undertaking to report on the state of the Mi'kmaq at Richmond County in 1841.Assembly petitions (1841) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Account of the Mi'kmaq living within the County of Richmond as taken on the 26th July 1841 at the Mi'kmaq Chapel in Bras d'Or Lake, the anniversary of St. Ann's Day.Assembly petitions (1841) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14B |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Joseph Gloade and other Mi'kmaq of the County of Annapolis for a law to prevent the killing of moose in the month of March.Assembly petitions (1844) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 93 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Whycocomagh regarding white men taking over their lands.Assembly petitions (1855) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 15 number 9 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of several inhabitants of Whycocomagh regarding lands granted to Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1857) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 16 number 47 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].Assembly petitions (1861) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 18 number 17 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Temperance petition from the Micmac Division of the Sons of Temperance, Halifax.Assembly petitions (1866) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 19 number 183 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Cumberland County to name the locality on the north side of River Philip, Port Howe. It has been known as Toney [Tony] Bay.Assembly petitions (1883) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 26 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Indian Rear, Inverness County, to change the name of the locality to Stewartdale.Assembly petitions (1884) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 52 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Pomquet, Antigonish County, regarding a land dispute.Assembly petitions (1829) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 41 number 104 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Edwin Jeans, Surgeon and Health Officer at Sydney, Cape Breton, praying remuneration for vaccinating several Mi'kmaq families for small pox.Assembly petitions (1830) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 42 number 1 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Simon Lawlor for payments for his spiritual attendance on the Mi'kmaq of Big Bras d'Or.Assembly petitions (1833) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 42 number 48 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from the Mi'kmaq of Bras d'Or for aid in building a chapel.Assembly petitions (1841) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 43 number 100 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Rev. Couteau missionary to the Mi'kmaq, to build a chapel at Bras d'Or Lake.Assembly petitions (1842) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 4 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Francis Speir, a Mi'kmaq from Merigomish, Pictou County, asking for agricultural implements for the Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1842) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 48 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from the County of Pictou for assistance to the Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1843) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 62 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Pictou County for Crown Lands for the Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1844) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 88 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Francis Paul, Chief of the Mi'kmaq, for financial aid.Assembly petitions (1844) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 93 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of forty Mi'kmaq at Windsor, Hants County, for aid for their distressed state.Assembly petitions (1845) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 135 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Gabriel Anthony, Chief of the Mi'kmaq in the western part of the province, for funds for blankets.Assembly petitions (1846) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 142 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Report of William James Anderson of Pictou to to Rt. Rev. William Fraser, Bishop of Halifax, regarding the state of the Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1847) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 8 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of the Board of Health, Pictou County, recommending the payment of the annexed bill for attending the sick Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1847) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 9 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Pictou County to place Indian Point in the inalienable possession of the Pictou Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1847) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 57 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of J. Courteau of Bras d'Or regarding the welfare of the Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1848) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 89 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Dr. Charles Bent of Pugwash, Cumberland County, for compensation for medical attendance on Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1849) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 128 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of James Fraser Forbes of Liverpool, Queens County, for compensation for attendance on the Mi'kmaq. List of Mi'kmaq attached.Assembly petitions (1849) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 135 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of C.C. Hamilton of Cornwallis, Kings County, for compensation for medical services to Mi'kmaq.Assembly petitions (1849) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 136 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of Peter Toney on behalf of himself and the Mi'kmaq residing at Merigomish, Pictou County, for relief from distress.Assembly petitions (1849) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 144 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition from Pictou regarding the distress of the Mi'kmaq there.Assembly petitions (1849) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 154 |
Nova Scotia House of Assembly — %>Petition of the Chiefs and Captains of the Mi'kmaq on Nova Scotia for aid to make farms.Assembly petitions (1850) — Nova Scotia Archives Library RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 162 |
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