<Li> Étienne Bâtard (18th century) </Li> <Li> Chief Jean - Baptiste Cope </Li> <Li> Joseph Francis, Vietnam War Veteran, Bronze Star with the Combat V for valour, Purple Heart for being wounded in combat, enrolled in the National Purple Heart Hall of Fame </Li> <Ul> <Li> Judge Timothy Gabriel, first Mi'kmaq judge in Nova Scotia </Li> <Li> Peter Paul Toney Babey, a Mi'kmaq chief </Li> <Li> Indian Joe, a scout around the time of the American Revolutionary War </Li> <Li> Noel Jeddore, Saqmaw forced into exile (1865--1944) </Li> <Li> Noel Knockwood, Grand Council member and spiritual leader of the Mi'kmaq people </Li> <Li> Jerry Lonecloud, entertainer, ethnographer and medicine man </Li> <Li> Henri Membertou, Grand Chief and spiritual leader (c. 1525 - 1611) </Li> <Li> Lawrence Paul, a chief of Millbrook First Nation </Li> <Li> Judge Catherine Benton, first female Mi'kmaq judge </Li> </Ul>

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