Henri Membertou

Grand Chief
Henri Membertou
Bornc. 1507
Southwestern St. Mary's Bay
Died18 September 1611 (aged 102/103)
Port Royal, Canada
OccupationGrand Chief of the Mi'kmaq people
Years active1550-1611
Titlesakmow (Grand Chief)

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

  1. ^ Bumsted, J. M. (2007). A History of the Canadian Peoples. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-542349-5.
  2. ^ "Mi'kmaq Grand Chiefs" (PDF). hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca. 3 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2022.