Federal -- Provincial Welfare Services -- Indian Eskimo Welfare
Database ID | 24309 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Diefenbaker Archival Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | John G. Diefenbaker fonds | |
Series | Series VI - Prime Minister's Office Numbered Correspondence | |
File/Item Reference | Series VI - Prime Minister's Office Numbered Correspondence-635 (Vol. 438) | |
Date of creation | 1957-1958 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 3 cm of textual records | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | Correspondence regarding various Indigenous issues including, but not limited to, the following: Indigenous health services, a hospital at Fort Qu'Appelle, Friends of Indians Society, the right of Indigenous peoples to choose their own doctor, irrigation on reserve lands. Also correspondence regarding the treatment of First Nations veterans; the right to vote in federal elections; relief; Seabird Island; National Commission on the Indian Canadian; revision of the Indian Act; the sale of liquor to Indigenous peoples; housing on reserve lands; educational funding for Inuit children; several pages related to health and health services. | |
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 | |
Specific document types | Correspondence | |
Provenance Access Point | Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979 | |
Place | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada Dundurn, Saskatchewan, Canada Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | No data | |
Cultural region | No data | |
Names | Ballentyne, James Monteith, J. Waldo | |
Subject | Health -- Issues Armed Forces -- service Reserves Elections Community Life Band -- Memberships Employment Government departments -- Citizenship and Immigration Assistance -- Relief Housing | |
Date Range(s) | 1950-1959 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24309 |