{"slug": "mi-kmaq", "label": "Mi'kmaq", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%27kmaq", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495751", "qid": "Q495751", "description": "First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1725, 1761], "span_label": ["1725 CE", "1761 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Mi'kmaq people", "Mi’kmaq", "Miꞌkmaq"], "related": [{"slug": "halifax-nova-scotia", "label": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "province-of-massachusetts-bay", "label": "Province of Massachusetts Bay", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "abenaki", "label": "Abenaki", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-nations-in-canada", "label": "First Nations in Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mohawk-people", "label": "Mohawk people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – A treaty is signed by chiefs of four member tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy (the Abenaki, Pequawket, Mi'kmaq, Maliseet) and representatives of three British provinces in North America (Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire and Nova Scotia) and their allies, the Mohawk nation, bringing an end to Dummer's War, named for acting Massachusetts Bay Governor William Dummer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#October–December", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – William Shirley, the British colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, announces the declaration of war against the Miꞌkmaq and Maliseet Indian tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#October–December", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – King George's War: A combined force of troops from the French Army and of the Wabanaki Confederacy (Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki and Penobscot tribes) destroys the British American settlement at Fort Saratoga (modern Schuylerville, New York), burning the fort and surrounding buildings to the ground, and killing 15 people. Another 103 survivors are taken prisoner.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#October_–December", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Grand Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope, of the Miꞌkmaq Indian nation in Canada, declares war against the British Empire after the building of the fort at Halifax, Nova Scotia and begins hostilities by taking 20 British hostages at Canso.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#July–September", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1752, "year_label": "1752 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – \"Father Le Loutre's War\", the war between the British Canadian colonists of Nova Scotia and the indigenous Mi'kmaq (Micmac) tribe halts temporarily when a peace treaty is signed between the warring parties at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Governor Hopson, accompanied by former Governor Cornwallis, signs on behalf of the British and Chief Kopit (Jean-Baptiste Cope), the Sakamaw of the Mi'kmaq, signs on behalf of his people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362993688#October–December", "title": "1752", "revid": 1362993688, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1761, "year_label": "1761 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Halifax Treaties are concluded between the various bands of the Miꞌkmaq, other First Nations people and the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia, notably in the Burying the Hatchet ceremony on June 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369831762#Date_unknown", "title": "1761", "revid": 1369831762, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}