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.
Date: 1819
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Luxey Joseph & Four Other Indians
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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.
Date: 1821
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 2 number 15
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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.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 93
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Petition of Francis Speir, a Mi'kmaq from Merigomish, Pictou County, asking for agricultural implements for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1842
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 48
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Petition of the Chiefs and Captains of the Mi'kmaq on Nova Scotia for aid to make farms.
Date: 1850
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 162
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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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Letter from W. Henry to Rupert George reporting on population of the Mi'kmaq in the county of Sydney, with a petition to W.M. Dodd for help from the Eskasoni Mi'kmaq and a list and number of inhabitants.
Date: 1841
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 64
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Bills and receipts for supplies for Mi'kmaq, including those of Charles Glode and George Bertaux.
Date: 1841
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 69
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Report from Clerk of Hants County reporting on Mi'kmaq there.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 74
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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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Petition to Lord Falkland from Joseph Battis, John Battis and Francis Cope for a piece of land adjoining the town at Guysborough.
Date: 1845
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 81
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Petition of Charles Boggs, Shubenacadie, requesting that the £25-0-0 that he is to expend for the building of a barn for the Mi'kmaq, may now be sent to him. Related correspondence.
Date: 1845
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 82
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Bills and receipts for supplies for Shubenacadie Mi'kmaq in 1845.
Date: 1845
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 84
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List of Mi'kmaq at Shubenacadie requiring farm help.
Date: 1846
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 94
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Agricultural accounts, Indian Affairs.
Date: 1847
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 4 number 2
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