18 August 1874 Whycocomagh reserve on Cape Breton, Canada
Died
March 4, 1964 Sydney, Cape Breton County, Canada
Relations
Norman Sylliboy (grandson)
Mother tongue
Mi'kmaq
Gabriel Sylliboy (18 August 1874 – March 4, 1964)[1] was the first Mi'kmaq elected as Grand Chief (1919) and the first to fight for the recognition by the state of Canada of the treaties between the government and the First Nations people.
^Gabriel Sylliboy death record, Nova Scotia Archives
GabrielSylliboy (18 August 1874 – March 4, 1964) was the first Mi'kmaq elected as Grand Chief (1919) and the first to fight for the recognition by the...
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Battiste, Jaime. "Treaty Denied: The 1928 Trial of Grand Chief GabrielSylliboy." Living Treaties: Narrating Mi'kmaw Treaty Relations, edited by Marie...
Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v. GabrielSylliboy 2014 James Daschuk Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation...
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