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Book SynopsisThis important book offers new insights into Indigenous lives and actions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an era of major change along the Atlantic seaboard.
Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part One: Kespukwitk – Southwestern Nova Scotia 1. Charles Alexis and the Bartlett and Charles Families Janet E. Chute and Travis Pinn 2. Jehan Grand Claude: Patriarch of the Claude/Glode/Gloade Family of Southwestern Nova Scotia Janet E. Chute and Carrie Gloade 3. Paul Guédry dit Labrador and the Mi’kmaw Labrador Family of Nova Scotia Janet E. Chute and Doris Labrador 4. Marguerite Guedry Anne Marie Lane Jonah 5. Pierre Momcharret, Chief of Minas Janet E. Chute and Doris Labrador 6. François Mius: Forest Aristocrat Janet E. Chute 7. The Panuke Lake–St. Margaret’s Bay Connection: The Thoma/Thomas and Phillips Families of Southwestern Nova Scotia Nik Phillips and Janet E. Chute, with the assistance of Carrie Gloade 8. Bernard Argomartin and the Pennel Family of Southwestern Nova Scotia Janet E. Chute and Brittany Pennel 9. Stephen Knockwood Jr. of Kings County, Nova Scotia Janet E. Chute and Doris Labrador Part Two: Wagobagitk, Sipekne’katik aqq Eskikewa’kik – Cobequid, the Shubenacadie District, and Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore 10. Paul Peminout and the Peminout Pauls of the Sipekne'katik District Janet E. Chute, Courtney Brooks-Monteith, Brittany Pennel, and Mary Wells 11. John W. Johnson Mora Dianne O’Neill 12. The Man at the Centre: Chief Joseph Julien and the “Eastward Tribe,” the “Halifax County Band,” and the Rise of the Millbrook Community Janet E. Chute, assisted by Vernon Cope, James Howe Sr., Donald M. Julien, and Heather Sutherland Part Three: Siknikt, Ulustuk, Piktuk Aqq Epexiwitk – Chignecto District, Northern Maine, the Northumberland Strait Area, and Prince Edward Island 13. The Times, Policies, and Legacy of Joseph Argimault (1707–c.1763), Chief of Siknikt (Chignecto) Janet Chute, assisted by Greg Solomon and Sherise Williams 14. Jean-Battist Bouta: Founder of the Paq’tnket Community of Antigonish County Janet Chute, assisted by Natalie McConnell 15. Donald Sanipass Bunny McBride, with photographic portrait by Harald Prins Part Four: Kespek (Gespe'g) – Northeastern New Brunswick and Southern Quebec 16. Nicholas Prisk II Ouiouche: Community Rebuilder Janet E. Chute and Carrie Gloade, assisted by Joseph-Nicholas Prisk Part Five: Unama’ki aqq K’Taqmkuk – Cape Breton and Newfoundland 17. Capisto Berton A. Balcom 18. Isidore Berton A. Balcom 19. Francois N’8gin’tok Berton A. Balcom 20. Jacques Padanuques Berton A. Balcom 21. Jean Michau Berton A. Balcom 22. Michel Michau Berton A. Balcom 23. Denis Michau Berton A. Balcom 24. Marie Joseph Borgne de Belisle Anne Marie Lane Jonah 25. Marguerite, servant at Louisbourg Anne Marie Lane Jonah 26. The Diplomatic, Trade, and Emigration Policies of Unama’ki District Chief, Jeannot Pequidalouet Janet E. Chute, Richard Denny, Vernon Cope, Marjorie Gould, Natalie McConnell, and Mary Wells, with professional assistance from Berton A. Balcom and Charles A. Martijn 27. Thoma Denny Janet E. Chute 28. Michel Thoma Denny Sr. Janet E. Chute 29. Michel Thoma Denny Jr. Janet E. Chute 30. Francis Thoma Denny Janet E. Chute, assisted by Alison Lloy and Lillian Marshall 31. John Denny Sr. Janet E. Chute 32. John Denny Jr. Janet E. Chute, assisted by Richard Denny, Marjorie Gould, Alison Lloy, and Natalie McConnell 33. Beloni Thoma Janet E. Chute 34. Peter Googoo, Chief of Whycocomaugh Janet E. Chute 35. Andrew Alex, Record Keeper Janet E. Chute, assisted by Victor Alex and Marjorie Gould 36. Gabriel Sylliboy Janet E. Chute, assisted by Mary-Ellen Googoo and AlisonLloy Part Six 37. Mi’kmaw Worldview Diane Chisholm Afterword Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Notes on Authors
