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Membertou, Chief Henri - Kespukwitk, Port Royal, NS Obituary

Henri Membertou

Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq tribe (c. 1507–1611)

Grand Chief

Henri Membertou

Bornc. 1507 (disputed)

Present-day Southwestern St. Mary's Bay

Died18 September 1611 (aged 102/103)

Port Royal, Canada

OccupationGrand Chief of the Mi'kmaq people
Years active1550-1611
TitleSaqamow (Grand Chief)

Chief Henri Membertou (c.

1507 – 18 September 1611) was the sakmow (Grand Chief) of the Mi'kmaqFirst Nations tribe situated near Port Royal, site of the first French settlement in Acadia, present-day Nova Scotia, Canada.

Henri Membertou - Wikipedia

Originally sakmow of the Kespukwitk district, he was appointed as Grand Chief by the sakmowk of the other six districts. Membertou claimed to have been a grown man when he first met Jacques Cartier, which makes it likely that he was born in the early years of the sixteenth century.[1][2]

Biography

Pre-baptism

Before becoming grand chief, Membertou had been the District Chief of Kespuk Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Chief Henri Membertou (d ...

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