Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Petition of Francis Tomma, Head Chief of the Mi'kmaq, Louis Adelaide, Clement Bernard, Michael Christmas and other Mi'kmaq Chiefs regarding intrusions on their lands by white men and illegal land deals. Includes a letter by S. Fairbanks to those illegally occupying Mi'kmaq land.
Microfilm 9683
Date: 1860
Retrieval no.: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia — Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 3 number 162
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?