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Report on Indian Land Commission that eventually purchased land at Fisher's Grant for the Pictou County Mi'kmaq. This report discussed the use of money from the sale of Mi'kmaq lands in Cape Breton to purchase Mi'kmaq land in Pictou County to create the reserve at Fisher's Grant.

1864-00-00
1864-00-00

Donald Fraser (Commissioner) (Author)
Robert Robertson (Commissioner) (Author)

Report

"We cannot agree to the 4th clause on the grounds that we conceive the Indian lands were originally granted for the benefit of Indians throughout the Province, and not for any particular section of them. In the county of Pictou the Indian population is larger than that of any county, except perhaps that of Cape Breton; and we are of opinion that the Indians of Pictou are entitled to a fair proportion of the provision afforded by the funds arising from the sale of any portion of the large quantity of lands set apart for Indians in the Island of Cape Breton."

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Donald Fraser, and Robert Robertson, Indian Commissioners, to Provincial Secretary, in Journal and Votes of the House of Assembly for the Province of Nova Scotia, 1864 Session, Appendix No. 37, pg. 5-7.