Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch, Disposition and Condition of the Blackfoot at Gleichen, Request for Seed for the Metis of Wood Mountain
Database ID | 24535 | |
Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Fonds/Collection | Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch | |
Series | E.1 | |
File/Item Reference | E.1-DLB-108906-111072 (Box 4) | |
Date of creation | 1886 | |
Physical description/extent | 4 folders; 1 cm of textual records | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | A letter from N.F. Williams of Gleichen discussing the disposition and condition of the local Blackfoot (file 108906 pgs. 5-6), and a letter from Edgar Dewdney requesting funds for the provisioning of agricultural seed to the Wood Mountain Metis. Also describes these Metis as being uncertain about whether to join Riel in the resistance until they were persuaded not to by a grant of seed by the government (file 111072, p.1-3). | |
Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
Copyright holder | Public domain | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Provenance Access Point | Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch | |
Place | Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan, Canada Gleichen, Alberta, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 7 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Dewdney, Edgar, 1835-1916 (MP, Minister) Macdonald, Sir John Alexander, 1815-1891 Williams, N.F. | |
Subject | Agriculture Community Histories Commerce and Trade Early European Settlers Metis -- Communities Metis -- Farms Metis -- History Northwest Resistance Indigenous Peoples General Government policy Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) | |
Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24535 |