Day: 17 February 2017

Pardon, Apology, for Late Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy

Pardon, Apology, for Late Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy

Gabriel Sylliboy, a late grand chief of the Mi’kmaq, remembered for defending his people’s right to hunt and fish, received a posthumous pardon and apology from the province, today, Feb. 16, for his conviction for hunting illegally almost 90 years ago. Grand Chief Sylliboy was 44 years old in 1927 when he was arrested and […]