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- 2016 Ceremony to Commemorate our Treaty Relationship
- Drum Day 2016 photos
- Signing of the Treaty Education Memorandum of Understanding Treaty Day 2015 photos
2016 Ceremony to Commemorate our Treaty Relationship
On Nov. 23, 2016, a ceremony was held at Government House in Halifax to commemorate the Treaty Relationship. Displayed on a screen were the Peace and Friendship Treaties that the Nova Scotia Archives had digitally remastered. The Samqwan Boyz of Millbrook First Nation sang the Mi’kmaq Honour Song.
The Samqwan Boyz of Millbrook First Nation sing the Mi’kmaq Honour Song.
Elder Doug Knockwood and Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant shake hands.
Elder Doug Knockwood, Premier Stephen McNeil, Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy, Lt. - Gov. J.J. Grant, Her Honour, Mrs. Joan Grant and Sister Dorothy Moore.
Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council speaks during the ceremony.
Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Karen Casey presents a copy of the digitally remastered Peace and Friendship Treaties to a member of Samqwan Boyz of Millbrook First Nation.
Drum Day Event
Students from Truro Elementary School participated in a Drum Day event Oct. 17, 2016 by playing the Mi’kmaq Honour Song. Traditional hand drums are being made available to all public elementary school music rooms .
Truro Elementary School students play the Mi’kmaq Honour Song.
Jeff Lynds, principal, Truro Elementary School; Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Karen Casey; Millbrook Chief Robert Gloade Jude Gerrard, Treaty Education consultant, Education and Early Childhood Development; Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister Tony Ince, and Gary Adams, superintendent, Chignecto - Central Regional School Board, participate in Drum Day at Truro Elementary School.
The musical score and words for the Mi’kmaq Honour Song.
Millbrook Chief Robert Gloade talks to Communities, Culture and Heritage Minister Tony Ince.
Treaty Education Memorandum of Understanding signing
During Treaty Day festivities on Oct. 1, 2015, Premier Stephen McNeil, Chief Leroy Denny and Chief Robert Gloade signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Treaty Education in Halifax. In the MOU, the province and the Mi’kmaq committed to ensuring that all Nova Scotians gain a greater understanding of our shared treaty relationship. The treaties were signed between the ancestors of the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia and the British Crown. In 2014, the province and the Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey agreed to pursue a focus on treaty education in Mi’kmaq and provincial schools.
Premier Stephen McNeil, Chief Leroy Denny and Chief Robert Gloade sign the MOU on Treaty Day 2015.