Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Account of the monies received and expended among the Mi'kmaq in the county of Richmond since the year 1852 by J. Courtland, Commissioner.
Date: 1854
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 5 number 36
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?