Archeological Activities and Burial Sites in Peskotomuhkati Territory are Now Protected and Governed

Archeological activities and burial sites in Peskotomuhkati Territory are now protected and governed in part by Peskotomuhkati law and custom through a signed agreement between the Peskotomuhkati at Skutik Council and New Brunswick.

A Nation without a history may not be a Nation at all. The Peskotomuhkati Nation is proud of its 14,000 year history in Territory in what is now the US State of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. We know our history through Elders, story-telling, oral history, and artefacts.  We also know it through western European archeology. Now we have an agreement between the Peskotomuhkati Nation at Skutik as represented by its Council and Sakom Akagi, and the province of New Brunswick represented by the Minister of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, the Hon. Tammy Scott-Wallace. The agreement concerns the conduct of archeological work and respect for the protection of Indigenous burials in Nation Territory.

These are the key participants in the successful negotiating and signing of an agreement governing archeological activities in Peskotomuhkati Territory:

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Chief Hugh Akagi of the Peskotomuhkati Nation
Anne Hamiliton, Archeologist, Government of New Brunswick

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The Hon. Arlene Dunn, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Chief Hugh Akagi of the Peskotomuhkati Nation
The Hon. Tammy Scott-Wallace, Minister of Tourism

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Peskotomhukati Councillor Margaret Nelson
The Hon. Arlene Dunn, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Chief Hugh Akagi of the Peskotomuhkati Nation
The Hon. Tammy Scott-Wallace, Minister of Tourism
Peskotomuhkati Councillor Roland Sappier