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1722 鈥� Richard Philipp, British Governor of Acadia, proclaims it is illegal for any Acadian to 鈥渆ntertain鈥� a Mi鈥檏maw person; Prudane Robichau is subsequently imprisoned and put in irons for聽entertaining聽a Mi鈥檏maw in his home.
1918 鈥� Keptin Gabriel J. Sylliboy is the first elected grand chief of the Mi鈥檏maq, at age 44. He is chosen from among five other candidates: Frank Gould of Eskasoni, Samuel Joe of Malagawatch, Joe C. Marshall of Membertou, Stephen Paul of Barra Head, and Isadore Pierro of Wagmatcook.
1985 鈥撀�Micmac News聽reports Dalhousie University has received $100,000 from the estate of a non-Indigenous private donor to improve native education.
1995 鈥� Patty Doyle-Bedwell is hired by Dalhousie University Law School as an assistant professor. She is the daughter of the late Harriet Battiste of Chapel Island and Frank Doyle of Rochester, N.Y.
1996 鈥� John Basque passes away at age 74. He is the first chief elected in Chapel Island, 1958-1960.
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2008 鈥� Listuguj hosts its 16th Annual Traditional Powwow with Derek Barnaby as Master of Ceremonies. Glen Gould and Jeff Ward star in the comedy production, 鈥�21 Ways to Scrap an Indian.鈥�
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1960 鈥� Johnstown鈥檚 Sacred Heart Church celebrates its 100th anniversary. The church houses the French altar brought to St. Peter鈥檚 (Port Toulouse) in 1691. It was hidden by the French when the English captured Port Toulouse, only to be found by the Mi鈥檏maq and used by them for many years thereafter.
2008 鈥� RCMP Corporal Troy Julien presents a set of commemorative pins to the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet during the latter鈥檚 unexpected stop-over in Halifax.
2018 鈥� Ovide Mercredi, lawyer, politician, poet, author, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations visits Unama鈥檏i and plays a round of golf with Membertou band councillor Graham Marshall. For Marshall it was a memorable way to commemorate his 40th birthday, followed by a barbecue at his home attended by Mercredi. Neither commented on who won the round of golf!
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1896 鈥� William Gabriel Paul is born in Mushaboom, N.S. Of his 14 children, his son Lawrence would go on to be chief of the Mi鈥檏maw 福利免费在线看 of Millbrook, while another son, Daniel N. became executive director of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi鈥檏maq, publisher of the聽Micmac Maliseet Nations News, and author of the book聽We Were Not the Savages.
1993 鈥� Eleven year old Amelia Peter Paul protects her grandmother Mary Jane Jadis from a knife attack in their home in Scotchfort, P.E.I. The little girl suffers 26 stab wounds and a partially severed finger but saves Mrs. Jadis. Amelia recovers from her injuries and is later awarded the Canadian Bravery Award.
2013 鈥� At the Listuguj Annual Powwow Darcy Gray presents the family of the late Donald Marshall Jr. with a carved wooden sign signifying the road named in his honour, 鈥淢arshall Way.鈥� The sign features carved eels representing the Supreme Court of Canada鈥檚 Marshall Decision on fishing rights in 1999鈥� as well as Junior鈥檚 love of fishing!
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1972 鈥� Noel Doucette is elected chief of Chapel Island. He would resign March 21, 1973, after it became a paid position.
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2009 鈥� Mi鈥檏maw icon Donald Marshall Jr. passes away six years after a double lung transplant from apparent kidney failure. Wrongfully convicted of murder in 1971 and released in 1982, a Royal Commission inquiry stated 鈥淭he criminal justice system failed Donald Marshall Jr. at virtually every turn.鈥� He was the primary petitioner in a 1999 eel fishing case in which the Supreme Court affirmed Mi鈥檏maw treaty rights regarding hunting and fishing.
For his August 10th funeral city streets were blocked off so that more than 1,000 mourners could make their way to St. Anthony Daniel Church and later march to the Membertou Cemetery. In attendance were the Lieutenant Governor and Premier of Nova Scotia, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, chiefs from Nova Scotian reserves, civic officials, and family and friends. Ironically, it was nearly six years to the day 鈥� August 10th, 2003 鈥� that a dinner had been held at St. George鈥檚 Church Hall in his honour after his successful lung transplant. Junior would have been 56 on September 13th.
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1991 鈥� The Union of New Brunswick Chiefs meet provincial representatives to discuss preservation of a Mi鈥檏maw cremation site on Skull Island in the Shediac Bay. The cremated bones of at least seven people dating back to 1680 were found there.
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1995 鈥� Stephen Labobe passes away. He was the last surviving veteran of WWII in Epekwitk, P.E.I. 鈥淕unner鈥� Labobe served in England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
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1970 鈥� Noel Doucette, president of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, demands compensation for loss of Mi鈥檏maw lands.
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2003 鈥� A celebratory dinner is held in honour of Donald Marshall Jr. at St. George鈥檚 Hall in Sydney after his successful recovery from a double lung transplant in May. Over 400 guests attend to wish him well. Donald and his mother Caroline are featured on the front page of the聽Cape Breton Post聽the next day.
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1860 鈥� The聽Halifax Reporter聽describes the Europeans attending a reception for the Prince of Wales as 鈥渓adies and gentlemen,鈥� and refers to the Mi鈥檏maq present as 鈥渃hildren of the forest.鈥�
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1762 鈥� Abb茅 Maillard dies in Halifax and is buried in St. Paul鈥檚 Cemetery.
1997 鈥� Charlie Greg Sark of Lennox Island leaves for Nepal, Katmandu, where he will work. He founded the First Nations Youth Society at Mount Allison University in 1992 and successfully lobbied for a Native Studies course in Aboriginal issues at Mount A.
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1735 鈥� Abb茅 Maillard comes to Louisbourg to begin his work on behalf of the Catholic Church among the Mi鈥檏maq.
1971 鈥� Union of Nova Scotia Indians research director Stu Killen is quoted as saying, 鈥淭he time has come my friends to re-write Indian history to talk among the Indian people about a whole concept of Indian Rights and Treaties to have the white men understand, acknowledge, and accept the whole field of Aboriginal Rights.鈥�
1997 鈥� One of Nova Scotia鈥檚 first elected female chiefs of an Indigenous 福利免费在线看 dies at age 87 after a battle with cancer. Rachel Mary Marshall was elected chief of Millbrook in 1969. Always concerned with the welfare of others, at age nine she wrote a letter to Ottawa to complain about a fellow band member not receiving enough food. Years later she met then Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chretien in Sydney and complained to him that Mi鈥檏maq were starving and needed improved aid. He said, 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 look like you鈥檙e starving to me.鈥� Her famous retort was, 鈥淲ell, sir, you鈥檇 be fat too if all you could afford was Kraft Dinner every day.鈥�
The mother of ten children, Chief Marshall was honoured for outstanding service by the Nova Scotia Native Women鈥檚 Association in 1981, given an award in 1991 by Millbrook for her years of service to the 福利免费在线看, recognized by the Union of Nova Scotia Indians in 1994 for her active role in bettering conditions for Mi鈥檏maq in the province, and awarded the Grand Chief Donald Marshall Sr. Elders Award in 1995.
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1993 鈥� A friendship protocol is signed between the Soci茅t茅 Nationale de l鈥橝cadie and Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy, commemorating the close link between the Mi鈥檏maq and the French.
2012 鈥� Membertou Chief Terry Paul, Premier Darrell Dexter, and Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development Canada Minister John Duncan announce construction of a new $7 million interchange on Highway 125, a joint effort of federal, provincial, and Membertou governments.
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1784 鈥� Nova Scotia is divided into two provinces 鈥� Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 鈥� by the British Parliament. This partition means the Mi鈥檏maq are now under four different English administrations.
1874 鈥� Gabriel J. Sylliboy, son of John and Mary (Barrington) Sylliboy is born on the Whycocomagh reserve. He would become the first Mi鈥檏maw to be elected to the position of grand chief. Prior to his election the position had been hereditary.
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1937 鈥� Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy is congratulated by the Director of Indian Affairs on receiving the King鈥檚 Coronation Medal. He would resign from his position as grand chief six years later in 1943 over the centralization issue.
2008 鈥� Recipients of the 2008 Sammy Gehue Achievement & Scholarship Awards included Juliana Paul from Millbrook, Dylan Francis from Pictou Landing, and Aaron Prosper and Libby Alex from Eskasoni. The award originated in 1993 in honour of Sammy Gehue鈥檚 courage in his struggle with a rare and ultimately fatal blood disease.
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1920 鈥� Peter J. Barlow is born. He will be chief of Indian Island for 49 years, and once leaving office will be appointed Head Chief of the province by the other New Brunswick chiefs.
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1838 鈥� On behalf of the British government, Lord Glenelg asks for a report on the conditions of Mi鈥檏maq living in Nova Scotia. The resulting report chronicles their shrinking population numbers and the deplorable circumstances in which they live.
2017 鈥� Tuma Young testifies as an expert in L鈥檔uwey tplutaqn (Mi鈥檏maw laws) and Indigenous legal systems before the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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1993 鈥� Donald Marshall Jr., Jane Mac Millan, and Peter Martin are seen eel fishing by a Department of Fisheries and Oceans officer in Pomquet Harbour, N.S. Later that day they are charged with violating federal fishing regulations.
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1991 鈥� Grand Chief Donald Marshall Sr. passes away.
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1754 鈥� A council is held at Fort Beaus茅jour by Mi鈥檏maq and Maliseet who had not signed the Treaty of 1749. Their offer of peace with the British was submitted to the Governor in Halifax by Abb茅 Jean-Louis Le Loutre.
1971 鈥� Thirteen year old Basil Joe, son of the noted poet Rita Joe, rescues four year old Bridgett Marshall from drowning at Eskasoni. He later receives the Bronze Medal for Bravery given by the Royal Canadian Humane Association.
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1991 鈥� Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announces establishment of a Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
1992 鈥� Indian Brook band council is removed by an Order -in-Council. The Privy Council rules the February 18, 1992 election invalid, the first time this had happened in Nova Scotia band history.
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2017 鈥� Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Indigenous and Northern Affairs will be divided into two departments. Minister Carolyn Bennett will head Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs while Jane Philpott becomes minister of Indigenous Services. The Prime Minister鈥檚 Office says the action is necessary because 鈥渢he level of the ambition of this government cannot be achieved through existing colonial structures鈥� and is the 鈥渘ext step鈥� in eliminating the Indian Act.
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1987 鈥� Former students of the Residential School at Shubenacadie hold first reunion August 29th to 30th.
2008 鈥� Indian Brook resident Catherine (Ka鈥檛ln) Sylliboy, along with RCMP Indian Brook Detachment Commander Stephen Gloade make a presentation on a Community Watch Program for Indian Brook.
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1983 鈥� Sante鈥� Mawio鈥檓i authorizes Professor Russell Barsh to act on its behalf before the United Nations. Kji 鈥� Sagmaw Donald Marshall Sr., Putu鈥檚 Simon Marshall, Kji-Keptin Alex Denny, and Keptin Noel Marshall are re-affirmed by the Grand Council.
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