In fact, she was the first Wolastoqey woman to graduate with a law degree. Patricia has a degree in education and law and was called to the New Brunswick Bar in 2000. Patricia worked for the federal government in the Specific Claims Branch in Ottawa and in Governance and Registration in Amherst with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada from 2000 to 2006. Prior to becoming Chief in 2013, Patricia was a councillor for the community since 2007. But this major file is only one of many of her accomplishments throughout her career. Her commitment to resolving a 250 year old specific land claim dispute, for the benefit of her community, has been ongoing for the past 23 years. Patricia Bernard is a Wolastoqey woman, grandmother, lawyer and Chief of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation in northern New Brunswick.
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