Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive

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

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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[Published minutes record an order related to a petition from military officers on St. John's Island 'for a grant of land on which they are settled' and a memorial from the Earl of Egmont requesting 'a grant of the whole Island of St. John']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Minute authorizing a grant of 20,000 acres on the Fundy coast between the St. John and St. Croix Rivers, with the stipulation that care be taken that 'it be not upon any Lands occupied by the Indians, or used as their Hunting Grounds']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch provides instructions for the governance of Nova Scotia - which at this time included St. John's Island - including 'measures to be observed in respect to the Indians, and the regulation of our commerce with them']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch refers to a peace treaty with the Mi'kmaq chiefs of Cape Breton and provides a list of supplies requested by these Mi'kmaq]
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
A Description of the Island of St. John's
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Representation requesting authorization of grants in continental Nova Scotia to be laid out in townships of 20,000 acres each, with the stipulation that the lands should not already be 'possessed or claimed by the Indians']
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Representation supporting a memorial from Archibald Montgomery requesting 20,000-acre grant of land in Nova Scotia, stipulating that the lands should not already be 'possessed or claimed by the Indians')
1764
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
Title
Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
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Collector: L'nuey
Abstract

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

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.