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Noel Knockwood
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Noel Knockwood, (1932-2014) a Canadian first nations leader and Mi'kmaq Grand Council member since 1975, was a spiritual leader of the Mi'kmaq People.
Early life
Knockwood was born in 1932.[1] He gained a B.A. and belonged to the National Aboriginal Veterans Association, Ontario Region.[2] He was born to the Indian Brook First Nation of the Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation.[3]
Career
He served as Sergeant-at-Arms for the Nova Scotia Legislature from 2000 to 2005[2] and was recognised at the 2002 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, now the Indspire Awards, for his stewardship of history, culture and spirituality in the native community.[4]
Knockwood also ceremonially lifted the curse from the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge at its opening in 1955, the first bridge to be erected across The Narrows, a strait in Halifax Harbour following the fall of two others previously.
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Death
He died of a stroke on 7 April 2014, aged 81.[5]
References
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