Proclamation issued in Nova Scotia, 1762
(Sets out relations and obligations of the Crown to the "Eastern Tribes".)

Document Summary:
King George III makes a proclamation, under the presumption that:

• The Aboriginals who live in Nova Scotia have complaints about fraudulent and illegal land claims made by British citizens.
  
  
• There would be dire consequences to Britain if these Aboriginals ever decided to unlawfully revolt.
  
  
• The British monarchy has supported and sided with the Aboriginals in the past.

Therefore, the British ordered that:

• Any citizen that is willingly or unwillingly squatting on Aboriginal land is to leave, unless they have British permission to remain.
  
  
• No one can prevent Aboriginals to hunt and fish on this land until the British monarchy says so.
  
  
• Any citizen that is otherwise prejudicial to Aboriginal land rights is to be prosecuted under the full extent of the law.
  
  
• That a tract of land be given to the Malecite Indians in Nova Scotia that nobody can buy or sell without prior British approval, though certain mining and other rights remain with Britain.