The Mi’kmaq, the Pattersons and Remembering the Scottish Colonisation of Nova Scotia
Starting with a photograph showing a group of approximately 40 Mi’kmaw men, women and children taken at the 1923 Hector celebration in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the role that the celebration of the Scottish pioneers served in erasing awareness of the presence of indigenous peoples prior to the emigrant s...
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Edinburgh University Press
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474459037.003.0011 |
| Summary: | Starting with a photograph showing a group of approximately 40 Mi’kmaw men, women and children taken at the 1923 Hector celebration in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the role that the celebration of the Scottish pioneers served in erasing awareness of the presence of indigenous peoples prior to the emigrant ship’s arrival in 1773 is explored in this chapter. The significance of the Mi’kmaw leaders pictured in the photograph and their role in asserting indigenous treaty rights is discussed before examining the representation of Mi’kmaq/settler relations in the scholarship of Rev. George Patterson. The chapter argues that his son, Judge George G. Patterson, ignored this early history and was responsible for branding the Hector as Canada’s Mayflower - this representation led Judge Patterson to deny Mi’kmaq treaty rights altogether. |
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