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Description: Text of the Annapolis Valley First Nation Band Council's resolution to revert the name of the river to Jijuktu'kwejk: Annapolis Valley First Nation Do Hereby Resolve: Whereas, British Governor Edward Cornwallis made known his hatred and contempt for our Mi’kmaq ancestors by deciding on October 1, 1749 to try to exterminate them by offering bounties for their scalps, a barbarous endeavour that is witnessed by the fact that the monetary reward he offered included to be paid for the scalps of women and children. And, when he reported his actions his [sic] supervisors in London he used the words “It would be better to root the Micmac out of the peninsula decisively and forever.” Further, he had three British militias in the business of harvesting Mi’kmaq scalps. Two were disbanded in 1751, because many of the scalps that they were presenting to officials to collect bounties were deemed to be of Caucasian origin. Gorham’s Rangers continued to function. Therefore, we the Chief and Councillors of the Annapolis Valley Mi’kmaq Band, finding it an insult to the dignity of our people to have a river flowing by our Indian Reserve, which was named the Cornwallis River by colonial English officials to honour Governor Edward Cornwallis, demand that the name of the river be reverted back to Jijuktu’kwejk (Narrow River), the name it carried for close to 9,000 years before the White man invaded our homeland.
Title: Annapolis Valley First Nations Band Council resolution
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