MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Recently, a cabin owner posted a sign saying “This is not Qalipu Land or Micmac Land. This land belongs to the public the people to use and enjoy public land”.
Firstly, I’d like to correct a few things about the statement; Qalipu Land or Micmac Land. We are Mi’kmaq, not Micmac. Micmac is the colonial use of the word Mi’kmaq. I also have heard statements like, “Are you a Qalipu”. That answer is no. We are not Qalipu, we are Mi’kmaq people that are members of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band and as Mi’kmaq people, we have an inherent right to the land as we have never agreed to give them up...
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