Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Petition of eighteen Mi'kmaq families of Pomquet for 100 acres of Indian Point Cove where they have had gardens for 25 years. If they receive this, they will give up claims to the reserve in the woods that has been taken from them by white settlers and on which they have lived for the past 25 years. A separate slip of paper has a list of 10 names. Presented in the administration of James Kempt. Filed in 1822.
Microfilm 15734
Date: 1822
Retrieval no.: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Indians at Pomquet
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