Minister Bernard Valcourt (Front), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Chief Freeman Ward, Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation sign Specific Claims Agreement.
Ottawa, ON – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Bernard Valcourt, and Chief Freeman Ward of the Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation celebrated with members of the community today and signed an agreement that settles the First Nation’s 1895 Surrender Specific Claim.
Negotiated settlements help rebuild relation ...
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