The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928 : : The King v. Gabriel Sylliboy / / William C. Wicken.
In 1927, Gabriel Sylliboy, the Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaw of Atlantic Canada, was charged with trapping muskrats out of season. At appeal in July 1928, Sylliboy and five other men recalled conversations with parents, grandparents, and community members to explain how they understood a treaty th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- THE COLONIZATION OF MI’KMAW MEMORY AND HISTORY, 1794–1928
- Introduction
- PART ONE: WHY THE MEN TESTIFIED
- 1 Accounting for Alex Gillis’s Actions: The Mi’kmaq in Rural Society
- 2 Why Nova Scotia Prosecuted Gabriel Sylliboy
- 3 Moving to Appeal: Mi’kmaw and DIA Motivations
- PART TWO: HOW THE MEN REMEMBERED
- 4 Parents, Grandparents, and Great-Grandparents 1794–1853
- 5 Reserve Life, 1850–1881: Remembering the Treaty
- PART THREE: WHY THE MEN REMEMBERED
- 6 The Demography of Mi’kmaw Communities, 1871–1911
- 7 Moving into the City: The King’s Road Reserve and the Politics of Relocation
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Federal and DIA Censuses, 1871–1911
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index