Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].
![Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].](/images/mikmaq/201723819.jpg "Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].")
Date: 1861
Retrieval no.: Nova Scotia House of Assembly — Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 18 number 17
Questions to Consider
- When do you think the document was written?
- Who do you think wrote the document?
- Why do you think the document was written
- Who do you think received the document?
- Who do you think this document was written for?
- What information do you think this document provides? What do you think it tells us about the past?
- How do you think the document reflects the attitudes and values of the time period in which it was written?
- What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?
- Do you think those were different impacts for different people?