Elder David A. Francis

  • United States of America

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Medal

    • Awarded on: January 15, 2024
    • Invested on: June 11, 2025

    Margaret S. Apt, M.S.M.
    David A. Francis, M.S.M. (deceased)
    Pleasant Point, Maine, U.S.A.
    Robert Matthew Leavitt, M.S.M.
    Dufferin, New Brunswick

    Margaret Apt, Robert Leavitt and the late David A. Francis created the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary to preserve the traditional endangered language of the Peskotomuhkati and Wolastoqewi people. Published in 2008, the dictionary and its online portal showcase the team’s perseverance in safeguarding Indigenous language and culture in eastern Maine and New Brunswick.