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L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq

L’nuey, the Mi’kmaw rights organization for Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island, has created this archive of textual documents to help address gaps in the historiography of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq. This collection includes documents from a number of cultural repositories, accumulated over the course of several years and multiple rights-based research projects. The Collection includes a wide variety of documents pertaining to the history of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq, including government documents such as proclamations, reports, and official correspondence; community texts such as petitions and appeals; private correspondence and writings; archival published material like pamphlets and newspaper accounts, and more. 
Visit the L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq page for more information about this project. 

Please note: In some instances, the quality of the scanned document is less than ideal due to the quality of the original. 

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These documents reflect the common biases and perspectives of the time and place in which they were created. Some of the terminology used may be offensive. We advise reader caution as perusal may cause harm or trauma. Please contact Robertson Library with any related questions or concerns.
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[Grants parcels of land on Lot (Township) 55, Prince Edward Island, to Donald McLeod and Roderick Morrison, having previously been escheated from the original proprietor of Lot 55]
1818
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants parcels of land on Lot (Township) 55, Prince Edward Island, to John McLeod, having previously been escheated from the original proprietor of Lot 55]
1818
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants parcel of land situated in Lot (Township) 15, Prince Edward Island, to Romaine Arceneaux]
1828
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated on or near North Cape in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, to William Hunter and James Hunter]
1769
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants land situated on Rustico Island, Prince Edward Island, to David Lawson]
1775
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Conveyance transferring lands on Lot (Township) 31, Prince Edward Island, from Adam Drummond to Andrew Todd, the lands having been forfeited to the Crown as a result of the former proprietor's failure to pay quit rent]
1781
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants 'Township or Lot 66', Prince Edward Island, to Thomas Wright]
1786
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated on Lot (Township) 17, Prince Edward Island, to John Welling]
1795
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated on Lot (Township) 22, Prince Edward Island, to Stephen Sullivan]
1795
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated on Lot (Township) 9, Prince Edward Island, to Stephen Sullivan]
1795
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated on Lot (Township) 61, Prince Edward Island, to Stephen Sullivan]
1795
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[List summarizing 'various communications,' including an item regarding 'disbursements to Indians']
1866
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants Thrum Cap Island in the Royalty of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, to George Wightman]
1859
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Grants lands situated in the Town of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, to George Wightman]
1859
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
(Government of Prince Edward Island)~[Minutes include an order approving payment to the Indian Commissioner for his services connected to the sale of lands situated on Lots 15 and 55, 'formerly set apart as Indian Reserves,' and the resettlement of a 'few families' on Lennox Island and a tract of 100 acres of land 'on the Morell [River] by aiding them in the erection of their little habitations']
1870
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Excerpt refers to proposed inspection of 'the Indian school on Lennox Island']
1882
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
[Order regarding inspection of an 'Indian school on Lennox Island']
1882
Collection: L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
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L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq
Abstract

L’nuey, the Mi’kmaw rights organization for Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island, has created this archive of textual documents to help address gaps in the historiography of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq. This collection includes documents from a number of cultural repositories, accumulated over the course of several years and multiple rights-based research projects. The Collection includes a wide variety of documents pertaining to the history of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq, including government documents such as proclamations, reports, and official correspondence; community texts such as petitions and appeals; private correspondence and writings; archival published material like pamphlets and newspaper accounts, and more. 
Visit the L'nuey Digital Archive Collection / Wejkwa’taqne’l wjit Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq page for more information about this project. 

Please note: In some instances, the quality of the scanned document is less than ideal due to the quality of the original. 

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