Sipekne'katik First Nation

The Sipekne'katik First Nation is composed of four Mi'kmaq First Nation

reserves located in central Nova Scotia. As of 2012, the Mi'kmaq population is
1,195 on-Reserve, and approximately 1,190 off-Reserve.[1] The First Nation
includes Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia, near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The
band was known as the Shubenacadie First Nation until 2014 when the
ficially adopted.[2]
traditional spelling and pronunciation of its name was of

Contents
History
Notable residents
Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia, Nova
Composition Scotia
See also
References
External links

History
Father Louis-Pierre Thury sought to gather the
Mi'kmaq of Peninsular Nova Scotia into a single
settlement around Shubenacadie as early as
1699.[3] Not until Father Rale's War, however, did
Antoine Gaulin, a Quebec-born missionary, erect
a permanent mission at Shubenacadie (adjacent to
Snides Lake and close to the former Residential
school). He also make seasonal trips to Cape
Sable, LaHave, and Mirlegueche.[4]

The Shubenacadie mission's dedication to Saint

Anne speaks to a spirit of accommodation on the
Monument to the Treaty of 1752, Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia part of both the French and the Mi'kmaq. Anne,
traditionally identified as the mother of Mary, was
the grandmother of Jesus himself. The esteemed
position of grandmothers in Mi'kmaw society was a point of agreement between Roman Catholicism and the Mi'kmaw worldview,
[4]
and highlights the complexity and contingency of the 'conversion' process.

In 1738, Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre arrived in October of that year at Mission Sainte-Anne, having spent the previous winter in
Cape Breton learning the Mi'kmaw language with Abbé Pierre Maillard. During Father Rale's War and King George's War, Mission
Sainte-Anne was a sort of military base along with being a place of worship. Coulon de Villiers' hardy troop passed this way on their
brutal mid-winter march toward the Battle of Grand Pré in 1747, and Mi'kmaw warriors used the site as a staging point for their
attacks on Halifax and Dartmouth during Father Le Loutre's War.[4] During Father Le Loutre's War, Captain Matthew Floyer arrived
at the Mission on August 18, 1754 and recorded:
 Half after Twelve we came to the Masshouse, which I think is the neatest in the Country, 'tis
Adorned with a Fine lofty Steeple and a Weather Cock. The Parsonage House is the only
Habitation here, the land is good & seems to be more so on the opposite side.

Floyer's map, which accompanied his written report, suggests the presence of three structures at the mission site.

Twelve months later, the Expulsion of the Acadians began during the French and Indian War and by October 1755, Mission Sainte-
Anne appears to have been destroyed. Oral tradition says the Mi'kmaq destroyed the mission to prevent it from falling into the New
[5]
Englanders possession and dumped it into Snides Lake, which was adjacent to the mission.

Notable residents
Daniel N. Paul - Mi'kmaq elder, author, activist
Jean-Baptiste Cope - Leader of Mi'kmaq militia
Jean-Louis Le Loutre - Missionary Priest
Cathy Elliott - actor, writer, and teacher

Composition
Sipekne'katik is composed of five parts as shown:

Date
Community Area Location Population[6]
established
1,234.2 hectares (3,050
Indian Brook 14 28.8 km. southwest of Truro 1,084 July 8, 1820
acres)
New Ross 20 408.3 hectares (1,009 acres) 64 km. northwest of Halifax 0 March 3, 1820
67.2 km. northwest of
Pennal 19 43.5 hectares (107 acres) 22 March 3, 1754
Halifax
Shubenacadie
412 hectares (1,020 acres) 32 km. north of Halifax 0 March 3, 1999
13

See also
List of Indian Reserves in Nova Scotia
List of Indian Reserves in Canada

References
1. Registered population (http://pse5-esd5.ainc-inac.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER
=25&lang=eng)
2. Julian, Jack (Jul 30, 2014)."Shubenacadie band changes name to traditional Sipekne'katik"(http://www.cbc.ca/new
s/canada/nova-scotia/shubenacadie-band-changes-name-to-traditional-sipekne-katik-1.2721957) . CBC News.
Retrieved 30 September 2017.
3. "Biography – THURY, LOUIS-PIERRE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography"(http://www.biog
raphi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=562&PHPSESSID=m3tj852vp2kc6522vmk91nd765) . biographi.ca. Retrieved
2014-01-24.
4. "Northeast Archaeological Research --"(http://www.northeastarch.com/sainte_anne.html). northeastarch.com.
Retrieved 2014-01-24.
5. Historically minded individuals like Henry Y
oule Hind and Elizabeth Frame in the late 19th century , and Douglas
Ormond, F. H. Patterson, and others in the early 20th, rendered enough of this folklore into ink to save it from
oblivion.
 6. "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and erritories,
T and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities),
2011 and 2006 Censuses: Nova Scotia"(http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/T
able-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=52&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=12). Statistics Canada. Retrieved
15 February 2015.

External links
Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook) website

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