Mi’kmaw elder, activist, historian and author Daniel Paul has died following a battle with cancer. He was 84.
Paul, who was from Sipekne’katik, told friends and family in an email last fall that cancer in his lungs had spread to his liver.
“During my time on Mother Earth I sincerely hope that I’ve made a difference for Indigenous peoples all over Turtle Island by revealing and proving the horrors that our ancestors suffered since Columbus got lost and landed in the Americas in 1492,” the email said, in part.
“I do hope that younger generations will pick up the torch and keep going, teaching and
