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