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Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive

Tku Atlasma'lit (The wave gives me comfort or rest) 

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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 Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive 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 The Robertson Library with any related questions or concerns.
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(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
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[Approves payment to Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart for his 'efforts and arrangements consequent upon the purchase of Lennox Island by the Aborigines Protection Society of London']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes item related to petition for grant of oyster beds 'in front of land on passage between Lennox Island and Lot 12']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item related to a 'Grant of shore on Lennox Passage']
1871
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[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1871
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[Order regarding the sale of a 'part of Lennox Passage']
1871
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[Excerpt regarding expenditures related to medicines and 'professional attendance on Indians at Lennox Island']
1871
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[Minute refers to Indian Commissioner's memorial arguing that a proposed sale of an exclusive right to harvest fish from Lennox passage would result in a 'great injustice… to the Indians of Lennox Island' who relied on oysters in this locality for 'subsistence']
1871
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[Expenditures ledger related to 'Micmac Indians,' including an item regarding the 'sale reserved lands']
1872
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[Expenditures ledger related to 'Indian Teacher - Lennox Island']
1872
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[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1872
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[UNTITLED]
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[Excerpt refers to proposed inspection of 'the Indian school on Lennox Island']
1882
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[Order regarding inspection of an 'Indian school on Lennox Island']
1882
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[Letter referring to a certified extract of minutes in council regarding the inspection of 'Indian schools']
1882
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[Letter regarding payment to school inspector for the 'inspecting the Indian School at Lennox Island']
1891
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[Church register records the baptism of Jacob Sark]
1893
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[Church register records the marriage of Isaac Snake and Mary Jane Paul]
1895
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[Church register records the marriage of Anthony Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Sark]
1896
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[Church register records the marriage of Hubert Labobe and Anne Snake at St. Anne's R.C. Church, Lennox Island]
1896
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[Church register records the baptism of Laughlin James Sark]
1897
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[Church register records the baptism of William Emmanuel Sanctimus Sark]
1899
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[Land assessment form recording information regarding Lennox Island]
1870
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Copy - Will of Lady Wood
1870
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[List refers to 'enclosures regarding the purchase of Lennox Island for the Indians']
1870
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[List entitled 'Various Communications' that refers to enclosures regarding the 'purchase of Lennox Island for the Indians']
1870
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[Excerpt refers to expenditure related to 'Indian teacher' at Lennox Island]
1868
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[Excerpt refers to Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart's request for a portion of the 'amount appropriated in late [legislative] Session to the relief of destitute Indians']
1868
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[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1868
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[Expenditures ledger related to 'Micmac Teacher - Lennox Island']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1869
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[Report on the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island]
1939
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Extracts from letter to Mr. Justice Arsenault from Dr. Charles Camsell dated December 3, 1941 [discussing 'the desirability of establishing the entire Indian population of Prince Edward Island on Lennox Island']
1941
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[Memorandum discussing a 'scheme for the settlement of all the Indians on Lennox Island reservation']
1943
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[Letter regarding 'Indian administration' in Prince Edward Island]
1951
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Synopsis of scheme proposed to Department of Indian Affairs Ottawa for Settlement of Lennox Island
1953
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[Petitioners express a complaint against Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart and request a teacher]
1878
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[Letter regarding petition from recipients, and their request 'with respect to teachers' (includes a note with instructions for responding to recipients)]
1878
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[Author discusses the school on Lennox Island]
1880
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[Author asks to be relieved of his duties as teacher at Lennox Island Reserve and requests permission to hire another teacher to replace him]
1881
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[Draft letter regarding a request to hire a new teacher at Lennox Island (unsigned)]
1881
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Letter instructing recipient to inquire into 'certain charges' made by Chief Joseph Francis 'of the Micmac of P.E.I.' against the Indian Superintendent]
1883
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Letter regarding 'charge' made by Mi'kmaq chief on Lennox Island against Indian Superintendent]
1883
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Report on Indian affairs in Prince Edward Island
1883
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[Letter regarding conditions on Lennox Island Reserve, in response to criticisms concerning the author's 'duties as Superintendent and teacher']
1883
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[Letter regarding a request by the 'Micmac Tribe of Indians' for the appointment of an Indian Superintendent at Charlottetown and stating that Trustees of the late Lady Wood's will wished to have the funds from that Estate distributed by the Canadian government for the 'benefit of the Micmac Indians' (encloses copy of letter from 'Micmac Tribe of Indians inhabiting Prince Edward Island' to the Governor General)]
1884
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[Related to letter from Chief Joseph Francis of Lennox Island Reserve, Prince Edward Island]
1884
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[Letter regarding a petition from 'certain Micmac Indians' of Prince Edward Island requesting the appointment of an Indian Superintendent at Charlottetown]
1884
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Letter reporting on limited availability of farming land on Morell and Lennox Island Reserves]
1884
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Statement shewing the names of the Indians who are resident on Land in each Reserve… [on Prince Edward Island]
1884
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[Draft letter regarding a request by the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island for the appointment of an Indian Superintendent at Charlottetown and discussing a proposal related to 'moneys left by the late Lady Wood to trustees for the benefit of the Indians of P.I. Island' (unsigned)]
1884
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[Memorandum stating that the 'claim of Samuel Thomas has been disallowed by the Dept owing to his being absent from the [Lennox Island] Reserve']
1886
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[Letter regarding a land dispute between members of Lennox Island Band]
1886
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Letter regarding 'a piece of land on Lennox Island which was formerly occupied by an Indian named Samuel Thomas']
1886
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[Letter regarding Samuel Thomas' claim concerning a 'piece of land' on Lennox Island]
1886
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[Letter regarding a 'piece of land' on Lennox Island claimed by Samuel Thomas (attaches receipt of payment by Thomas)]
1886
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[Draft letter regarding a 'piece of land claimed by Samuel Thomas from Peter Bernard' (unsigned)]
1886
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[Letter regarding a recommendation that Lennox Island 'shall be "confirmed" or given up to the Indians']
1861
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Letter regarding an 'award, which "confirms" or gives up Lennox Island to the Indians']
1861
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Dated 2nd June 1870 - Robert B. Stewart & Mrs. Stewart to The Trustees of Aborigines Protection Society - Copy of Conveyance of Lennox Island
1870
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Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
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Collector: L'nuey
Abstract

Tku Atlasma'lit (The wave gives me comfort or rest) 

Your browser does not support the audio element.

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 Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive 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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Creators and Contributors

  • Arsenault, John O. (32)
  • Executive Council, Government… (32)
  • Department of Indian Affairs (23)
  • Mclean, J.D. (23)
  • St. Anne's R.C. Church, Lennox… (15)
  • Arsenault, A.E. (10)
  • Secretary, Department of Indian… (10)
  • Office of Provincial Treasurer (9)
  • Vankoughnet, L. (8)
  • Superintendent General of… (7)
  • Gourdeau, F. (6)
  • Stewart, Theophilus (6)
  • Buxton, Travers (5)
  • McDonald, John A. (5)
  • Dingman, A. (4)
  • Gaudet, Gilbert (4)
  • Deputy Superintendent General… (3)
  • Francis, Joseph (3)
  • Government of Prince Edward… (3)
  • Indian Affairs Branch,… (3)
  • Stewart, Robert (3)
  • Arseneault, A.E. (2)
  • Kennedy, G.E. (2)
  • Lawson, John (2)
  • Minister of the Interior (2)
  • Mitchell, M. (2)
  • Newcastle, Duke of (2)
  • Palmer, Edward (2)
  • Robinson, William (2)
  • Statistics Canada, Government… (2)
  • Steward, Theophilus (2)
  • Yeo, John (2)
  • Aboriginal Protection Society (1)
  • Arneilk, W.S. (1)
  • Assistant Deputy and Secretary,… (1)
  • Bernard, Joseph (1)
  • Bernard, Peter (1)
  • Bruce, Robert Stewart (1)
  • Campbell, J.E. (1)
  • Campbell, John E. (1)
  • Camsell, Charles (1)
  • Chasson, Fredrick Willian (1)
  • Colonne, abbé de (1)
  • Daley, J.E. (1)
  • Daly, J.E. (1)
  • Daly, T.M. (1)
  • Deblois, R. (1)
  • Deputy Minister of Indian… (1)
  • Deputy Minister of Justice (1)
  • Deputy Minister of Justice,… (1)
  • Dufferin, Lord (1)
  • Dundas, George (1)
  • Fitzroy, Charles (1)
  • Fitz Roy, Charles A. (1)
  • For the Deputy Superintendent… (1)
  • Francis, Martin (1)
  • Francis, Michael (1)
  • Gaudet, G. (1)
  • Glenelg, Lord (1)
  • Government of Great Britain (1)
  • Hodgson, R. (1)
  • Kimberley, Earl of (1)
  • Kimberly (1)
  • Laird, David (1)
  • Lauchlan, W. (1)
  • Lieutenant Governor of Prince… (1)
  • Lords of Trade, Great Britain (1)
  • Macdonald, John A. (1)
  • Macinnes, T.R.L. (1)
  • Maritime Regional Office,… (1)
  • Mcgill, H.W. (1)
  • Mckinnon, F.B. (1)
  • Mcpherson, David L. (1)
  • Mcquarrier, Neil (1)
  • Mills, David (1)
  • Montgomery, James (1)
  • Morris, J.E. (1)
  • Newbury, Arthur (1)
  • Nicolle, H.H. (1)
  • Ordinary of the Diocese (1)
  • Orr, W.A. (1)
  • Ostrander, J.P.B. (1)
  • Other Indians of Lennox Island (1)
  • Pedley, F. (1)
  • Pedley, Frank (1)
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  • Stewart, Bruce Stewart (1)
  • Stewart, Helen (1)
  • Stewart, R.B. (1)
  • Stewart, Robert B. (1)
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  • Thomas, Alexander (1)
  • Thomas, Samuel (1)
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  • Various authors (1)
  • Wallis, Ruth Sawtell (1)
  • Wallis, Wilson D. (1)
  • Walter, Patterson (1)
  • Williams, Mr (1)
  • Windham, William (1)
  • Wood, Louisa Augusta (1)

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Document Type

  • LETTER/MEMO (CORRESPONDENCE)
  • LIST/TABLE
  • ORDER IN COUNCIL
  • REGISTER
  • MINUTES/PROCEEDINGS - EXECUTIVE…
  • REPORT
  • PETITION
  • BRIEF
  • CENSUS
  • MINUTES/PROCEEDINGS
  • AGREEMENT - SALE
  • FILE COVER
  • MEMORIAL
  • NOTICE
  • WILL

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  • (-) Lennox Island (196)

Resource Type

  • Text (195)
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