Comments on: Wela’lioq: Acadian letter to the Mi’kmaq

By: Brady Broussard Jr.

Brady Broussard Jr. — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:22:32 +0000

Deep appreciation to Mr. Richard for his excellent recognition of the Mi’kmaq who saved countless Acadians including our own blood relatives.
Great historical stewardship, let this article remind us all how fortunate we are to have been cared for and saved by the Mi’kmaq.

By: Rick Short

Rick Short — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:48:21 +0000

As a descendant of Michel and Anne Marie (Cormier) Haché dit Gallant, I am forever indebted to those who assisted and protected my ancestors who fled to Isle St. Jean, then to Caraquet, and, ultimately, to the Adirondacks.

I have read that François Haché, with some brothers and all their families, fled to, and hid out in, Rustico in 1757. They were refugees who were, no doubt, aided by indigenous peoples.

I owe these helpers, these friends, my life.

By: Colleen Gauvin

Colleen Gauvin — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:07:39 +0000

Thank you very much , welalin, it lightens my heavy heart at this time of hardship. I’ve always known and loved Acadien people. I married one. Thank you for those kind words of truth, as Mi’gmaq people we are generous and loving and we value our children the utmost love and it tears me apart and breaks me to hear that so many of our children never returned home to their families .As Mi’gmaq people we have so much in common with the Acadiens, our family valves, our hard working ethics, our traditional medicine and our love and respect for the land.

By: Alulquoy_805

Alulquoy_805 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:05:59 +0000

The same white descendants the Micmac sheltered now try to deny Micmac sovereignty, destroy their godgiven birthright to hunt, fish and lobster, burn their and sink their boats, cut their lobster traps, threaten them with more violence and genocide, cut them out of their resources and their only lively hoods out of jealousy, spite and resentment! It’s disgusting how they persecute them for daring not to disappear and vanish so they don’t have a reminder of the mass genocide they perpetuated against them. So much for gratitude and grace. The settler hates the indigenous people for the simple reason that they are the only indigenous people of the land. These colonial settlers are now trying to self-Indigenize themselves, even though they have no indigenous ancestors, or have one detribalized Native ancestor from 400 years past. Even though their ancestors have never lived as indigenous people but colonizers.

By: Gary D. Richard

Gary D. Richard — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:23:23 +0000

In reply to Auguste lajeunesse. Thank you for reminding us of the debt of gratitude we owe to the Mi'kmaq people. Let's hope that going forward we can all learn to live in harmony by sharing in the fruits of our land.

By: Leslie LeBrun Johnson

Leslie LeBrun Johnson — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:26:06 +0000

Thanks for this. Only recently has my family learned we are of the Metís and it was these blessed peoples who saved my ancestors. I now Le Brun of the family Brun, at that time Antoine Brun, son of Sebastien Brun, and his wife Françoise Comeau. My family, like many, settled in Lowell, MA in the 1800’s. I am learning the stories, hoping to find more – my family didn’t carry them down to us. Thank you isn’t enough…how to help?

By: Roger Maynard

Roger Maynard — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:01:16 +0000

Thanks to the Mi’kmaq people for helping my distant relatives during the deportation. Many blessings to you all.

By: Lynn Hussey

Lynn Hussey — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 13:52:58 +0000

A heart felt Thank You from Cape Breton. I am so very sorry for all the upheaval non natives are causing. I will continue to fight and stand up for our Indigenous People and advocate for better conditions and treatment.

By: Kathleen Muise Dunne

Kathleen Muise Dunne — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:17:18 +0000

Thank you for this incredible letter of gratitude to the Mi’ Kmaq tribe. Truly, as a descendant of Philip Mius D’Etremonte, I quite possibly would not be here… We should stand behind and support all native Americans living in squalor in North America.
Grateful…

By: Auguste lajeunesse

Auguste lajeunesse — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:05:18 +0000

I am aboriginal to and I truly find what is said about the Mi’kmaq people and the acadien people is so very true , Thank you very much