Editing Burnt Church First Nation (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Northumberland County, New Brunswick}}
[[File:Burnt Church, c. 1768.jpg|thumb|Burnt Church, 1758. "A view of Miramichi, a French settlement in the Gulf of St. Laurence, destroyed by Brigadier Murray detached by General Wolfe for that purpose, from the Bay of Gaspe."]]
The land has been inhabited by [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] peoples since at least 1727, when a map by Sieur l'Hermitte recorded it.<ref name="Ganong">[http://www.ahcn.ca/Histoire/ganong/neguac-bc.htm The History of Neguac and Burnt Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219192856/http://www.ahcn.ca/Histoire/ganong/neguac-bc.htm |date=December 19, 2009 }}, retrieved August 30, 2008</ref>

[[William Francis Ganong]] explained that the current name arose after the 1758 [[Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)]], when British General [[James Wolfe]] directed Colonel [[James Murray (Quebec governor)|James Murray]] to destroy the [[Acadian]] settlements of [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] which included burning the stone church.

Burnt Church was included in one of the very earliest Indian reserves set aside by New Brunswick.  The reserve was officially established March 5, 1805, with {{convert|2058|acre|km2}}. At the time of Ganong's writing it was "still a favorite Micmac settlement, and much the largest in all New Brunswick".<ref name="Ganong"/>

[[File:A View of Miramichi, 1760, oil painting by Francis Swaine after a view by Captain Hervey Smyth. Credit National Gallery of CanadaNo 4976.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)|Raid on Miramichi Bay]] - Burnt Church Village by Captain [[Hervey Smythe]] (1758)]]
Following the [[Seven Years' War]], several Acadian families returned to lands adjoining the reserve.  They were followed by a wave of new [[Scotland|Scottish]] settlers.  Thus, the Burnt Church name is now used in reference to both the local First Nation, and to the adjoining non-native community.

In recent years, Burnt Church First Nation members have fought strenuously for their traditional [[lobster]] fishing rights, culminating in the [[Burnt Church Crisis]] with the provincial and federal governments as well as local non-native fishermen.<ref name="Marshall">[http://www.rism.org/isg/dlp/bc/index.htm The Marshall Decision and the Maritime Canadian Fishery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305102300/http://www.rism.org/isg/dlp/bc/index.htm |date=2009-03-05 }}, retrieved August 30, 2008</ref>

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