Biographical references to Nova Scotian Mi'kmaq compiled by Leslie Upton.
Date: 1977
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 16
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Copy of letter from Donald McLean to S.P. Fairbanks, Commissioner of Crown lands regarding reply to Fairbanks' letter in which a complaint was laid against McLean for trespassing on Mi'kmaq land. McLean states that he leases meadow land from a Mi'kmaq for cutting hay.
Date: 1864
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 18
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Copy of a letter from William Faulkner to James B. Uniack, Commissioner of Crown Lands, regarding the report of an examination of the Mi'kmaq reserve at Middle Stewiacke into land titles and estimates of land value. Included is a list of occupants and value of land and a map detailing the various lots. Faulkner was unable to complete a land survey because the present owners of the land, who had bought the land from Mi'kmaq, were afraid a survey might determine that some of the land still belonged to the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1857
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 19
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Copy of letter from John D. Pinkham to P. Morris requesting permission to buy land owned by Mi'kmaq "Joseph Elvin" located on "Long Island, Ohio." Pinkham and his family would like to move there from Barrington. The letter suggests that Long Island is In the vicinity of Shelburne.
Date: 1835
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 23
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Copy of a letter from W. J. Morris to J. S. Morris, Commissioner of Crown Lands, reporting on his investigation into a dispute over land at Indian Point claimed by several people.
Date: 1836
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 24
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Copy of petition from 18 Mi'kmaq families of Pomquet to Lieutenant General Sir James Kempt requesting the return of land on which they have resided for a number of years. In return, the Petitioners will give up all claims on a reserve. (Note on book states 1822.)
Date: 1822
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 25
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Report of a Committee on Bronley Petition, 4 Apr. 1819, which finds that two settlements of Mi'maq have been made, one at Shubenacadie and one at Gold River (near Chester) and that considerable improvements have been made at the latter, that a sum of money still remains from the vote of 1817, and that a small grant is recommended for aiding the petitioners who wish to improve the "lot" of the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1819
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 30
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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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List of Mi'kmaq residing in the district surrounding Fort Edward, Windsor, Nova Scotia with a listing of what was sold to the Mi'kmaq (fish and furs)
Date: 1767
Reference: Isaac Deschamps Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 10 – pages 24-27
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Peace Treaty concluded at Halifax with the Mi'kmaq of the St John River and Passamaquoddy
Date: 1760
Reference: Isaac Deschamps Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 14 – pages 68-79
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Rates and regulations for Mi'kmaq commerce treaty concluded between Charles Lawrence and Mitchell Neptune (Chief of the tribe of the Mi'kmaq of Passamaquoddy) and Belloni Glode (Captain of the tribe of the Mi'kmaq of St John’s River
Date: 1760
Reference: Isaac Deschamps Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 15 – pages 80-83
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An illustrated history of Nova Scotia /
Harry Bruce.Author: Bruce, Harry,
Date: [Halifax, N.S.] : Nimbus Pub. and the Province of Nova Scotia, c1997.
Published: [Halifax, N.S.] : Nimbus Pub. and the Province of Nova Scotia, c1997.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library FC 2311 B78 1997
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Historical perspective /
Donald M. Julien.Author: Julien, Donald M.
Date: [Nova Scotia : s.n. ; 198-?].
Published: [Nova Scotia : s.n. ; 198-?].
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library V/F V.516 #6
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Source materials relating to the New Brunswick Indian.
Author: Hamilton, W. D.
Date: Fredericton, N.B. : Hamray Books, 1977.
Published: Fredericton, N.B. : Hamray Books, 1977.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library E 78 N535 S724
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Micmacs and colonists : Indian-White relations in the Maritime Provinces, 1713-1867 /
L. F. S. Upton.Author: Upton, Leslie Francis Stokes.
Date: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1979.
Published: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1979.
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library E 99 M6 U71
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