{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Lynda Powless","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/lynda\/","title":"The loss of Kun\u2019tewiktuk on Kings Road - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ftAnWNzVA7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/the-loss-of-kuntewiktuk-on-kings-road\/\">The loss of Kun\u2019tewiktuk on Kings Road<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/the-loss-of-kuntewiktuk-on-kings-road\/embed\/#?secret=ftAnWNzVA7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The loss of Kun\u2019tewiktuk on Kings Road&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"ftAnWNzVA7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post The following condensed information about how the Mi\u2019kmaq of Sydney lost their traditional land on Kings Road has been taken from a document found on the Membertou First Nation website called: \u201cKings Road Reserve \u2014 100 years Later \u2014 The Journey On \u2026 The Story of Membertou\u2019s Reconciliation.\u201d In 1877, a wealthy lawyer and member of Parliament named Joseph A. Gillies, purchased the land next to the reserve known as Kun\u2019tewiktuk on Kings Road in Sydney and started a campaign against the Mi\u2019kmaq of Kings Road. For the next 40 years, he and the Sydney municipality tried to force the Department of Indian Affairs to remove the Mi\u2019kmaq from their Kings Road home to somewhere outside the city limits and","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}