Some important dates in the month of March - Siwkewikús- Maple Sugar 1 - 1973 - March issue of the Micmac News reports that Chief Charlie Labrador of Acadia Band finally gets Indian status after a five-year struggle. 2 - 3 - 1960 - By an Order in Council the single Micmac Band is divided into eleven bands in Nova Scotia, with lands set aside specifically for their use. Prior to that all reserve lands in the province are for the benefit of the single Micmac Band. 1736 - Louise Marguerite Lejeune [Hache-Gallant] was born Port la Joye, Ile St-Jean. She was wife of Chrysostome Lejeune. 4 - 1917 - Thirty-four young Mikmaq men from the Lennox Island reserve travel to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to enlist in the army to serve in World War I. 5 - 6 - 7 - 1760 - Colonel Frye, writing from Fort Cumberland to the Governor of Nova Scotia says, a French priest came with two Indian Chiefs, Paul Lawrence and Augustine Michael have received their submissions for themselves and for their tribe, to His Britannic Majesty, and sent them to Halifax have likewise received the submissions of two other Chiefs, who I dealt with as before mentioned, and was in hopes I had no more treaties to make with the savages...but I was mistaken, for there would be a great many more upon the same business, as soon as their spring hunting was over, and upon my inquiring how many, he gave me a list of fourteen Chiefs...I was surprised to hear of such a number of Indian Chiefs in this part of America..and that they were all of one nation.... 8 - 2001 - Micmac Maliseet Nations News reports Tonia Sylliboy is awarded the Medal of Bravery for her efforts in rescuing two boys from drowning. Her father Maxim lost his life during the rescue attempt and is awarded the Medal of Bravery posthumously by the Governor General. Moran and Arlene Sylliboy also accept a posthumous Medal of Bravery on behalf of their daughter Anastasia, who died in an attempt to rescue two boys on July 15, 1999, at Castle Bay beach. 9 - 1951 - The Chronicle Herald reports that 93-year old Mikmaw Joseph C. Cope died Wednesday (March 7) in Shubenacadie. Cope had been a photographer, prospector, and one of Nova Scotias most renowned citizens. His father, Peter Cope, had met with Queen Victoria before Confederation to discuss Mikmaq issues. 10 - 1760 - Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed by Governor and Commander in Chief of Nova Scotia and Paul Laurent, Chief of the Le Heve tribe of Indians at Halifax. 11 - 1989 - Four Mikmaq students are inducted into the University College of Cape Breton Honours Society, Na Gaisgich: Douglas Brown, husband and wife Patrick and Eleanor (neé Paul) Johnson, and Joe B. Marshall. 12 - 1992 - Launch of the book, Lnu and Indians Were Called by Rita Joe is held at the Micmac Heritage Gallery in Halifax. 13 - 1978 - Helen Martin receives award from the province of Nova Scotia for exemplary volunteer service and significant contribution to the community. She was the daughter of Chief Ben Christmas of Membertou. 14 - 1976 - Annie Mae Aquash is buried at Wounded Knee. 15 - 1855 - The Christian Messenger prints a letter from Silas Rand in which he speaks of the Europeans treatment of the Mikmaq: We seize upon their country. We rob them of their lands. We drive them from their homes. 1994 - Main courtroom at the Annapolis Royal Court House is dedicated in the name of Grand Chief Membertou. Current Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy makes the dedication and Cathy Martin performs the gathering song. 16 - 1991 - Four Mikmaq students are honoured for outstanding academic achievement at University College of Cape Breton at the 9th Annual Honours Society Banquet: Katani Johnson, Patrick Johnson, Noel Johnson, and Paul James Prosper. 17 - 1971 - Federal governments White Paper is withdrawn because of determined opposition from Aboriginal communities across Canada. 1989 - First Wally Bernard Memorial Youth Hockey Tournament takes place March 17 - 19. 18 - 1947 - Joseph Arthur Francis is born on Lennox Island, P.E.I. He would go on to be awarded the U.S. Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart, and Bronze Star for heroic achievement. He served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps and in 1967 was wounded twice. 19 - 1842 - The province of Nova Scotia passes an act to provide for the Instruction and Permanent Settlement of Indians. Joseph Howe is appointed Indian Agent. 1939 - On a Sunday night Noel Julian and three other children run away from Shubenacadie Residential School. In a letter to Indian Agent W.J. Cameron, Rev. Jeremiah Mackey writes, On Monday morning the RCMP picked up their trail on the other side of the River, and we traveled miles after them. Whenever they found themselves near the main highway, they went back into the woods. I am getting over a cold and all this traveling on Sunday and Monday, getting overheated and coming back and sitting in the car, has given me another, so I am in bed today. There is no need to tell you what to do if they turn up in your agency. This is the fifth time for Noel Julian in the last two years, and I feel that Saint Patricks Home is the only place for that imbecile. 20 - 1842 - Grand Chief John Denny Jr. is born in Eskasoni. He was able to read Mikmaq hieroglyphs and was a noted prayer leader. 21 - The March 1994 issue of the Micmac Maliseet Nations News shows Anthony Morris of Eskasoni singing, with the caption, Maintains the title of keeper of the longest held note in a Mikmaw chant. 22 - 1925 - The Sunday Leader shows photograph of Dr. Jeremiah Lone Cloud with his son and nine partridges shot in a single day between Elmsdale and Guysborough Road. The photo was made into a postcard, as were a number of photographs of Mikmaq in the 1920s. 1971 - Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Jean Chretien is in Membertou to sign an agreement bringing municipal services to the reserve, the first agreement of its kind in Canada. 1989 - National Council of Mikmaq Chiefs signs the Mikmaq Declaration of Rights in Moncton. The historic meeting was the first since 1776 - 213 years earlier. Its demands included the Mikmaq right to self-government, treaty recognition, Mikmaq title to land, and the right to educate Mikmaq children in the ways of the Mikmaq. Twenty chiefs including Grand Chief Donald Marshall Sr. and Head Chief Peter Barlow sign. 23 - 1672 - Nicholas Denys Geographical Description of the Coasts of North America includes this assessment of the Mikmaq: They refused nothing to one another. 24 - 1973 the Conne River Native Council was formed. On Nov 19. At meeting in Conne Joe Rousseau announces Conne River recognized as Native community by NLSD, opening door for federal funds to be spent in the community 25 - 1987 - Noted Mikmaw healer Jessie Gould passes away on this date. 26 - 27 - 1945 - Annie Mae Pictou Maloney Aquash is born in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. 1991 - The March issue of the Micmac News reports that a Mikmaq grammar called Micmac Grammar of Father Pacifique reworked by Bernie Francis and John Hewson has been published. Hewson translated the material from French to English while Francis applied the Smith-Francis Orthography he and Doug Smith devised in 1980 to the work. 2001 - Cathy Martins film, Spirit Wind premieres on national television on the Vision Network. 28 - 1966 - Ben Christmas, chief of Membertou, dies. He was also the father of noted womens rights activist Helen Martin. 1819 Demasduit, Beothuk woman who is thought to have been about 23 years old was captured by the English near Red Indian. 29 - 1982 - Donald Marshall Jr. is released from Dorchester Prison to begin a conditional 6-month day parole. 2008 - During the ratification vote, 90 per cent of the eligible members of FNI who cast their vote, voted in favour of the agreement to create the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band. 30 - 1931 - 100 year old Chief Ben Pictou of Bear River dies on this date. Pictou was once saved from drowning by a dog that dragged him to shore when his canoe overturned on Grand Lake. He is also credited with killing a bear in a stream armed only with a hatchet. 1983 - Federal Indian Affairs Minister gives a copy of the Order in Council to Chief Alex Christmas declaring 46 acres of land purchased from Sydney as reserve land. This was the first time in Canadian history that land annexed to a reserve was not part of a treaty commitment or land claim settlement. 31 - 1949 - 11:59 pm, Newfoundland became the tenth province of Canada, as a result of a corrupt and rigged referendum. The bankrupt Colonial Government failed with its first attempt and made sure it would happen second time around. 1975 - Union of Nova Scotia Indians Year End Combined Statement of Revenue & Expenditure reads: Total Revenue - $1,067,235. Total Expenditure - $1,081,737. Excess - $14,502.
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