The Acadian Society of New Brunswick says the province has lost a great symbolic figure of resistance from the 1960s and 1970s and a great Acadian activist.
Jackie Vautour died on Sunday at age 92.
His family said he had cancer and pneumonia.
From 1969, Vautour fought against the creation of Kouchibouguac National Park and the subsequent expropriation of many Acadian families.
Vautour remained on the land and also fought for a right to hunt and fish in the park given his Indigenous ancestry.
SANB president Alexandre Cédric Doucet says few have made such a significant impact on the collective imagination of the Acadian people as Jackie Vautour.
He adds Vautour’s legacy is from a dark part of contemporary Acadian history and his fight will be forever etched in our memories.
« Peu de gens ont marqué de façon aussi importante l’imaginaire collectif du peuple acadien que M. Vautour », affirme @alexdouce, président de la SANB.
«[…] je souhaite exprimer mes plus sincères condoléances à la famille et aux proches de M. Vautour » https://t.co/2lyjOD8cc0
— SANB (@SAcadieNB) February 8, 2021
