In his annual report for the year of 1881, Sir John A. MacDonald referenced changes in administration at Pictou Landing, as well as commented on other information about the band.
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"Micmacs of the County of Pictou. - A change in the Agency of this band was recently necessitated by the resignation, consequent on the promotion to the Roman Catholic See of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, of the former Agent, the Rev. Ronald
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Macdonald, who had for a number of years faithfully acted as the Agent of the Department to these Indians. His Lordship's successor is the Rev. Roderick Macdonald, who is also, as was his predecessor, the parish priest at Pictou, opposite which town the Indian reserve at Fisher's Grant is situated.
The Indians on this reserve are as a rule sober, religious and so far as manufacturing their own work is concerned, which consists of all kinds of wood wares, are industrious.
There is a school on the reserve, which is fairly attended and efficiently conducted" (LVIII-LIX).
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Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended December 31st 1881 (Ottawa: Dominion of Canada, 1882), LVIII-LIX.