Mi’kmaw State Papers

The Mi’kmaw Grand Council State Papers (Foreign Affairs) 1977-1984 explains the

Mawio’mi’s imperatives, advocacy, and priorities, affirming their constitutional and

inherent human rights. The Mawio’mi participated in the affirmation of inherent and treaty

rights in the decolonization of Canada in the Canada Act 1982. In 1980, the Mawio’mi

communicated to the UN Human Rights Committee about Canada’s violation of their right

to self-determination and involvement in public affairs under their treaties with Great

Britain in the UN Human Rights Committee.