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Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources

Instruction to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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Includes a list of Mi'kmaq officers - Halifax division, showing a chief, 2nd major, two judges and three captains.

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 13-15

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