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and water and forest resources, including modern harvest of timber. Political representatives of the Mi'kmaq of
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Gespe'gewa'gi is the Mi'kmaq Nation
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in 1853, for the exclusive use of the majority of Mi'kmaq in this region. The remaining Mi'kmaq live off-reserve in the eastern
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and of aboriginal and treaty rights. Its main resource is the
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ancestry. Most of the members reside on the federal
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864:PremiĆØre Nation Malecite de Viger
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799:Listuguj Miźgmaq First Nation
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56:Location within Avignon RCM
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625:First Nations in Quebec
534:Elsipogtog First Nation
967:Micmacs of Gesgapegiag
899:Wolf Lake First Nation
879:Waswanipi First Nation
774:Kahnawake First Nation
724:Chisasibi First Nation
138:, most of whom are of
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744:Eastmain First Nation
709:Atikamekw d'Opitciwan
904:Wolinak First Nation
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182:), the last land.
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281:Old village
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257:Gas station
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180:KespƩkewƔki
154:and across
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23:Gesgapegiag
951:Categories
245:Galgoasiet
166:region of
160:Indian Act
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653:Atikamekw
643:Algonquin
311:16 August
208:The name
90:GaspĆ©sieā
673:Maliseet
136:GaspƩsie
111:Highways
73:Province
683:Naskapi
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62:Country
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307:. 2021
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168:Quebec
156:Canada
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78:Quebec
66:Canada
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663:Huron
401:Maria
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