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![Halifax Treaties Peace treaties between various bands of the [[Miꞌkmaq]] and the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/JonathanBelcherByCopley.jpg/267px-JonathanBelcherByCopley.jpg)
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- ↑ "First Member of Atlantic Canada's Mi'kmaq Community to be Appointed Judge". NationTalk. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ Lewis, Mark (8 October 2010). "First Member of Atlantic Canada's Mi'kmaq Community to be Appointed Judge". Slaw. Retrieved 5 August 2016.