A showdown is looming between Parks Canada and the family of the late Jackie Vautour over the occupancy of land in Kouchibouguac National Park.
Parks Canada is sticking to a March 31 deadline for the family to vacate the property and remove their belongings from the land on the east coast of New Brunswick.
Edmond Vautour, Jackie's son, said in an interview Thursday that Steven Augustine, a hereditary chief of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council, accepts the family's presence in the park. "He accepts us on the Mi'kmaq territory," he said. "The Mi'kmaq -- specifically through Steven Augustine -- are prepared to indicate that the Métis-Acadian are part of the traditional peoples of the Mi'kmaq," Swinwood added.
Edmond Vautour said the family has not heard from Parks Canada in recent weeks and has not received an official eviction notice from the courts.
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