Letter from Department of Indian Affairs to Assistant Chief James Prosper, reporting that the Petition sent to the King by Chief Matthew Francis and Chief William Paul was referred to the Department of Indian Affairs. The Department reported that it could do nothing to exempt the Mi'kmaq from Provincial Game Law.
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Ottawa, February, 23, 1922
Sir,
The Petition to His Majesty, dated October 31st last, signed by yourself and other Indians, asking that all Indian hunters and trappers be exempted from the application of the Provincial Game Laws, has been referred to this Department.
The Department regrets that there is no way in which the Indians can be exempted from the Game Laws.
Your Obedient Servant,
J.D. McLean
Assistant Deputy and Secretary
To James Prosper, Micmack
Assistant Chief
272 Upper Water St.
Halifax N.S.
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J.D. McLean, Assistant Deputy and Secretary of Indian Affairs, to James Prosper, Assistant Chief, February 23 1922, LAC, RG10, Reel C-8101, Vol. 6743, File 420-7.