In heaven smiling down at us’: Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy remembered – CBC
Sylliboy died on Nov. 30 surrounded by family and friends in a Cape Breton hospital
Dec 09, 2017
As drummers beat their hand drums and sang on the steps of the church, bells pealed out from above under cloudy skies.
The mourners were there to say “nmu’ltes” — the Mi’kmaq word for “see you again” — to a beloved, longtime leader.
“In our language, you don’t have a word for goodbye,” explained Jarvis Googoo. “So we say nmu’ltes.”
The funeral for Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy, of Waycobah First Nation in Cape Breton, took place Saturday afternoon at St. Kateri Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in We’koqma’q. He was buried in the parish cemetery following the service.
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