Profession: First Nations Chief
Nationality: Micmac
Biography: Membertou was a influential and formidable Micmac chief (saqamaw) who interacted with and helped protect the French settlement of Port Royal, in modern Nova Scotia.
In 1610 he and 20 members of his family were the first, First Nations people to be baptized by the French. He was given the names Henri and while there is no indication he renounced his traditional beliefs he agreed to be buried on Christian ground in 1611.
As he claimed to have met the explorer Jacques Cartier in 1534 as a grown man, he was likely aged about 100 when he died.
Born: c. 1507
Birthplace: , Mi'kmaq nation
Died: September 18, 1611
Historical Events
- 1610-06-24 Micmac chief Membertou and 20 of his family are the first people of the First Nations to be baptized by Christian missionaries in Port-Royal, New France
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