Letter from Dawson to Howe regarding his visit to the Mi'kmaq settlement at Merigomish Island. Notes unfavourable reaction of the Mi'kmaq to having their children taken from the settlement to go to school. Discussion of Chief Lapier [Sapier?].
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 136-141
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Handwritten report [probably by Howe] regarding the Mi'kmaq cutting firewood on farms near Dartmouth and requests of farmers n the area for the Indian Affairs Commissioner to do something about it.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 157-159
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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.
Date: 1810
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Umlock John
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Temperance petition from the Micmac Division of the Sons of Temperance, Halifax.
Date: 1866
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 19 number 183
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Petition from Indian Rear, Inverness County, to change the name of the locality to Stewartdale.
Date: 1884
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 52
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Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Pomquet, Antigonish County, regarding a land dispute.
Date: 1829
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 41 number 104
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Petition of Francis Paul, Goran [Goram?] Paul, Louis Paul and other Mi'kmaq chiefs regarding a land dispute.
Date: 1854
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 47 number 35
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Petition of William Powell of Pictou for remuneration for damage sustained from his lands being occupied by Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1860
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 49 number 86
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Petition from the inhabitants of Clements and Annapolis requesting measures be taken to prevent the firing of guns by the Mi'kmaq and the killing of porpoises at the Annapolis Gut during the herring fishing season.
Date: 1822
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 51 number 20-22
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Petition from St. Marys River, Guysborough County, for a law prohibiting the spearing of salmon in the river.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 53 number 14
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Petition of Daniel Mills and Henry B. Parker of Cornwallis, Kings County, concerning the Mi'kmaq settling on their land.
Date: 1859
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 number 5
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Petition from Annapolis County concerning the Mi'kmaq shooting porpoises too close to the shore and allegedly hurting the herring fishery.
Date: 1861
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 No.28-29
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Petition of Francis Tomma, Head Chief of the Mi'kmaq, Louis Adelaide, Clement Bernard, Michael Christmas and other Mi'kmaq Chiefs regarding intrusions on their lands by white men and illegal land deals. Includes a letter by S. Fairbanks to those illegally occupying Mi'kmaq land.
Date: 1860
Reference: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 3 number 162
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Receipt from William Stairs and B. Le Cain for powder provided to the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1837
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 54
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Letter from Edward Cutler to Rupert George reporting distress among Bear River Mi'kmaq, portrayal of Charles Gload's farm and allegations made against Chief Mews.
Date: 1841
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 63
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