Letter from William James Anderson of Pictou to G.R. Young regarding Joe Wilmot, a Mi'kmaq from Pictou who desires to send his sons to Pictou [?] Academy. Anderson recommends that the boys be removed entirely from their families and sent to board with a white woman, Miss Wilson, a teacher at the Infant School, and only allowed to visit their families occasionally.
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 57
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Letter from James Dawson of Pictou to Joseph Howe regarding the "civilization" [i.e. assimilation] of the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 127-129
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Letter from Angus MacDonald to Rt. Rev. Dr. Fraser, Bishop of Halifax, reporting on success of Indian farming in Cape Breton.
Date: 1844
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 80
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John Gloade's petition to the Lieutenant-Governor for land near Annapolis.
Date: 1845
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 89
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Document by P.W. regarding the Mi'kmaq families who have settled at Bear River under the guidance of Andrew Meuse
Date: 12 February 1830
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 11
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List of subscribers
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 27
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Letter, or draft of a letter, from P. Wiswall regarding James Meuse's plan "for settling and civilizing a part of his tribe"
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 28
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Letter regarding the Mi'kmaq settlement at Bear River
Date: 22 October 1828
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 34
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Letter from W. Turnbull [Trumbal?] to Judge Wiswall regarding the Mi'kmaq settlement at Bear River
Date: 1834
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 45
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Letter from J.S. Harris to Judge Wiswall. He has surveyed the Mi'kmaq lands and found a good place for a road. Gives a description of the individual lots near the road.
Date: 1827
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 5
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One page account of the history of the Mi'kmaq and the struggle to preserve the culture in the future. entitled "The Micmac Indians: Their past, present and future." from the Nova Scotia Museum. Taken from a Joint Position Paper presented by the Union of Nova Scotia Indians.
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 36
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The ... annual report of the Nova Scotia Micmac Missionary Society.
Date: Halifax, N.S. : "Christian Messenger" Office, 1863-[1868?]
Published: Halifax, N.S. : "Christian Messenger" Office, 1863-[1868?]
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library E 99 M6 M62
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The ... annual report of the Committee of the Micmac Missionary Society.
Date: Halifax, N.S. : Christian Messenger Office, 1850-1862.
Published: Halifax, N.S. : Christian Messenger Office, 1850-1862.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library E 99 M6 M62
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The federal Indian day schools of the Maritimes /
W.D. Hamilton.Author: Hamilton, W. D.
Date: Fredericton, N.B. : Micmac-Maliseet Institute, 1986.
Published: Fredericton, N.B. : Micmac-Maliseet Institute, 1986.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library E 97.5 H222
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