Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Thomas Irwin of Charlottetown to Joseph Howe arguing the education of the Mi'kmaq people in the Mi'kmaq language. Description of the beauty of the language.
See also RG 1 vol. 432 pp. 159-163, 178-179, 188-184.
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 216-221
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