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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:50:32 -0500
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mi'kmaq boycott Halifax 250th birthday 'bash'
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Saturday, February 27, 1999
Mi'kmaq going ahead with
boycott of Halifax party
Graeme Hamilton
National Post
Saying they see no cause for celebration, Nova Scotia's
Mi'kmaq
Indians announced yesterday they will boycott the city
of Halifax's
250th birthday party this summer.
And the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs called on
Russell MacLellan, the Nova Scotia Premier, to repeal a
242-year-old British proclamation that sets a bounty on
Mi'kmaq
scalps. The assembly's research has determined that the
bounty,
issued in 1756 by Governor Charles Lawrence, remains on
the
books.
"It's disturbing to know that a bounty on the scalps of
our people
still exists in this province," Lawrence Paul, chairman
of the
assembly, said.
Three weeks ago, Walter Fitzgerald, the mayor of Halifax,
apologized to the Mi'kmaqs for atrocities the city's
founders
committed against their ancestors. The gesture was
aimed at
salvaging a re-enactment of the landing of Colonel Edward
Cornwallis at the celebrations.
But Mr. Lawrence said the chiefs decided at a meeting
this week
that a further apology is required from Mr. MacLellan. And
regardless of who apologizes, they will not participate
in the
birthday pageant. "The founding of Halifax was really
the beginning
of the end for the Mi'kmaq people," Mr. Paul said.
Don Downe, the minister of aboriginal affairs, said he
hadn't heard
of the bounty before the chiefs issued a news release
yesterday. He
said he intends to investigate the issue Monday. "If it
is there,
obviously it's Draconian, it's wrong, and we'll deal
with it." He said
he couldn't comment on whether the premier will issue
an apology.
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