Finding proof of a treaty: Researcher finds letter in England implying existence of treaty rights between the Mi’kmaq in N.L. and the British – Saltwire

Written in April 1764 to King George III, British sea captain wrote that he’d renewed treaty

Back in 1725, there were treaties signed between Britain and the Mi’kmaq nation known as the Peace and Friendship treaties.

These treaties allowed the British and the Mi’kmaq to live and work side by side, explained Keith Cormier, former western vice-chief of Qalipu First Nation and the provincial coordinator for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The treaties were later removed in the 1750s.

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