For thousands of years indigenous peoples utilized the lands in the Harvey area for hunting, fishing, and cultivating crops and its waterways for travel and commerce. The land remains unsurrended and unceded tradional lands of the First Nations. Three distinct groups asserted their territorial claims in the region: the Mi’gmaq in northern and eastern New Brunswick, the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) along the Saint John River Valley, and the Peskotomuhkatiyik (Passamaquoddy) in the St. Croix River watershed. The Wolastoqiyik predominantly occupied the territory in the Harvey area. Additional information is available in the provided links.
First Nations Sources
Wolastoquey History on the Wolastoquey Nation in New Brunswick website
History of the Maliseet First Nation at Kingsclear to 1950 by Andrea Bear Nicholas, Chair in Native Studies, St. Thomas University, June 2013
Wǝlastǝkokewiyik Eyoltihtitpǝn Ekwpahak Tǝkkiw 1781/Maliseets in the Fredericton Area to 1781 by Andrea Bear Nicholas, St. Thomas University
The People of the Beautiful River at Jemseg Volume 1: Important Stories and Spoken Histories edited by Karen Perley and Susan Blair
The Indian Act
Timeline of the Indian Act in Canada
About Residential Schools and National Truth and Reconciliation Day
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was struck to determine how best to resolve conflicts and issues that arose from the residential school system for indigenous children in Canada. The commission yielded a report with 94 Calls to Action.