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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:22:52 -0500
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drop Scalp Bounty
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Saturday, February 27, 1999
Drop scalp bounty - Mi'kmaq
By SHAUNE MacKINLAY -- The Halifax Daily News
Mi'kmaq chiefs in Nova Scotia say it's time to repeal a
bounty on their people's scalps.
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs said there's no
place in the provincial law for a 243-year-old
proclamation by then-Governor Charles Lawrence that promised a reward of 25
pounds for a male Indian scalp.
"It's kind of ridiculous in this day and age," said
Millbrook band Chief Lawrence Paul yesterday.
The assembly, made up of leaders from the province's 13
Mi'kmaq bands, is also demanding an apology from Premier
Russell MacLellan for the acts of Lawrence and Halifax
founder Edward Cornwallis toward native people.
Two scalp bounties issued by Cornwallis in 1749 and 1750
have been repealed, but the Lawrence bounty somehow
remained on the books, the assembly said.
Don Downe, minister responsible for aboriginal affairs, said
yesterday he was unaware the "draconian" proclamation still
exists.
"If it is there, we'll look into it and this minister
will have it
repealed," he said.
Downe would not weigh in on whether the premier owes the
Mi'kmaq people an apology. MacLellan could not be reached
for comment late yesterday.
Earlier this month, Halifax Mayor Walter Fitzgerald
apologized for the Cornwallis bounty. Mi'kmaq leaders, angry at the
city's plans to re-enact the landing of the city's founder as
part of the city's 250th birthday celebration, asked for the apology.
Paul said the assembly will still not support any Mi'kmaq
participation in the re-enactment.
The city had planned to build a village of 20 wigwams to be
occupied by natives in period dress, but Paul said the
anniversary is no reason to party.
"The founding of Halifax was the beginning of the end of
a way
of life for our people," he said.
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