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Chief Ben Christmas
Membertou Band

Ben, by his steadfast opposition to centralization, helped tremendously to save the Mi'kmaq from ignominy. Click on the Link to read a Halifax Herald column I wrote honouring Ben: July 26, 1996

http://www.danielnpaul.com/Col/1996/ChiefBenChristmas-Mi'kmaqHero.html

Click on the following URLs to read about how Centralization was developed, implemented, and abandoned.

Centralization Plan Roots

Centralization Plan Developed

Centralization Plan Implemented - 1942

Centralization Plan Abandoned - 1950

Centralization - Product of White Supremacist Bureaucrats

Department of Indian Affairs Ration Rates - 1940

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