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Nikanikinútasik<br />
determine ourselves, our present and our future. Our own knowledge base,<br />
threatened by English-based colonial schooling, is still intact and as useful to us<br />
as it was to our ancestors. Our knowledge and experiences are integral to<br />
revitalizing and fully restoring our people as we develop our own post-colonial<br />
consciousness and institutions. As Kjíkeptin of Míkmaq Grand Council, I<br />
consider myself lucky to have had an opportunity to know him and, on behalf<br />
of the Míkmaq of the five eastern provinces I want to thank him for his<br />
tremendous efforts.<br />
Pákewimk 1997<br />
Eskasoni, Míkmák<br />
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