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Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive

Tku Atlasma'lit (The wave gives me comfort or rest) 

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L’nuey, the Mi’kmaw rights organization for Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island, has created this archive of textual documents to help address gaps in the historiography of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq. This collection includes documents from a number of cultural repositories, accumulated over the course of several years and multiple rights-based research projects. The Collection includes a wide variety of documents pertaining to the history of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq, including government documents such as proclamations, reports, and official correspondence; community texts such as petitions and appeals; private correspondence and writings; archival published material like pamphlets and newspaper accounts, and more. 
Visit the Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive page for more information about this project. 

Please note: In some instances, the quality of the scanned document is less than ideal due to the quality of the original. 

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These documents reflect the common biases and perspectives of the time and place in which they were created. Some of the terminology used may be offensive. We advise reader caution as perusal may cause harm or trauma. Please contact The Robertson Library with any related questions or concerns.
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[Order authorizes payment to Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart in relation to 'expenses to Georgetown, in the case of the murder of Louis Nicholas']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to 'Pauper Indians']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order regarding the sale of a 'part of Lennox Passage']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List refers to item concerning letter from Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart 'regarding his Indian Disbursement Account']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to expenditure from Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart's 'disbursement account']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item regarding Theophilus Stewart's 'Indian Disbursement Account']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt regarding expenditures related to medicines and 'professional attendance on Indians at Lennox Island']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Minute refers to Indian Commissioner's memorial arguing that a proposed sale of an exclusive right to harvest fish from Lennox passage would result in a 'great injustice… to the Indians of Lennox Island' who relied on oysters in this locality for 'subsistence']
1871
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1872
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt regarding an account related to Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart]
1872
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order regarding an 'Indian disbursement account']
1872
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order related to an account 'for supplies furnished the Indian Commissioner for the use of the Indians']
1872
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item related to an 'account for medical attendance on Indians']
1873
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List of 'communications' includes an item related to 'accounts for medical attendance on Indians']
1873
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item related to 'an Indian']
1883
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
Relating to Memorials and Petitions Nos. 17 to 30
1886
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Refers to sum appropriated 'to relief of destitute Indians']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to 'sum appropriated to the relief of destitute Indians']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Includes item regarding a request that a sick Mi'kmaw woman be hospitalized]
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes item referring to 'Indian grant']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpts refer to 'Pauper Indians' and "Indian teacher at Lennox Island"]
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List refers to petition from Peter Louis - 'Indian' - for relief payment for his ill father]
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order regarding petition of Peter Louis, 'Indian - setting forth the helpless condition of his father James Louis, who is sick, aged… and praying [for] relief']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List refers to petition from 'Indian' to purchase a 'small farm']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List refers to an account related to 'Peter Louis (Indian)' regarding 'sick Father']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order approves payment to Peter Louis, 'Indian for the relief of his father, James Louis']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List of 'various communications' includes an item related to an application to purchase a portion of an 'Indian tract']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Approves a grant of money to 'Indian… to enable him to purchase a small farm']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List refers to 'enclosures regarding the purchase of Lennox Island for the Indians']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Approves payment to individual who provided medical services to sick 'Indians located between Woodville and Orwell']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List entitled 'Various Communications' that refers to enclosures regarding the 'purchase of Lennox Island for the Indians']
1870
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Extract refers to petition of Matthew Prospere 'Indian']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to a sum 'appropriated to the relief of destitute Indians']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to expenditure related to 'Indian teacher' at Lennox Island]
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item regarding a musket 'received from an Indian']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to 'part of the sum appropriated to the relief [of] destitute Indians']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item related to petition of James Louis, an 'Indian praying relief being afflicted with Rheumatism']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[List includes an item related to petition of James Louis, an 'Indian praying relief being afflicted with Rheumatism']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to petition of Jarvis [?James] Louis, 'Indian setting forth his destitute condition']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart's request for a portion of the 'amount appropriated in late [legislative] Session to the relief of destitute Indians']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Order refers to muskets placed 'in the hands of the Indians']
1868
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an expenditure related to 'Indian teacher Lennox Island']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpt refers to an 'appropriation for Pauper Indians']
1869
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Excerpts refer to a grant for 'relief of Pauper Indians' & allowance to Martin Francis, teacher at Lennox Island
1869
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Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
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Collector: L'nuey
Abstract

Tku Atlasma'lit (The wave gives me comfort or rest) 

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L’nuey, the Mi’kmaw rights organization for Epekwitk/Prince Edward Island, has created this archive of textual documents to help address gaps in the historiography of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq. This collection includes documents from a number of cultural repositories, accumulated over the course of several years and multiple rights-based research projects. The Collection includes a wide variety of documents pertaining to the history of Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq, including government documents such as proclamations, reports, and official correspondence; community texts such as petitions and appeals; private correspondence and writings; archival published material like pamphlets and newspaper accounts, and more. 
Visit the Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive page for more information about this project. 

Please note: In some instances, the quality of the scanned document is less than ideal due to the quality of the original. 

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