Jacque Lejeune

When Jacque Lejeune came to this land, long before our time, he walked the hills and valleys, with Catherine by his side.

He had left behind in Nova Scotia, land he knew he might never see, to come to Newfoundland, where he wanted to live free.

He fished, trapped and hunted, built wigwams along our shores, soon he was to be joined by Joseph Jesseau, his brother in law, and more, as they came together to live free along our bay, their identity as Mi'kmaq people, was soon to be taken away.

They had learned the French and English language, Mi'kmaq language would be no more, as they all struggled to survive, in their wigwams, they had built along our shore.

Frank Russell

Note from author:

Fishing, hunting, trapping, guiding, farming, the true culture of the Mi'kmaq people is still active today. With the rebirth of our people, who now want back what has been taken away, "their identity, their rights".

Excerpt from The Georgian, October 22-28, 2002