Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch, Cree-Blackfoot Border, Metis Land Claims in Manitoba, Prince Albert, and St Laurent
Database ID | 24489 | |
Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Fonds/Collection | Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch | |
Series | E.1 | |
File/Item Reference | E.1-DLB-6722-7349-7653 (Box 1) | |
Date of creation | 1876-1877 | |
Physical description/extent | 4 folders; 3 mm | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | Correspondence on land issues in the North-West Territories. Includes File 6722 on a dispute over the Cree-Blackfoot Boundary and how that factors into the delineation of a Treaty 6 and 7 boundary, File 7349 on the Metis land grant in Manitoba, and File 7653 on Metis and Old Settler land claims at the Prince Albert (Isbister's)and St. Laurent (South Branch) Settlements as well as disputes over land and wood in those locales. | |
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 | |
Specific document types | Correspondence | |
Provenance Access Point | Department of the Interior, Dominion Lands Branch | |
Place | St. Laurent-Grandin, Saskatchewan, Canada Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Dennis, John Stoughton, 1856-1938 (Can. land surveyor) Laird, David Meredith, J.A. Morris, Alex | |
Subject | Metis -- Communities Metis -- History Migration Early European Settlers Northwest Resistance Treaty -- Treaty 6 Treaty -- Treaty 7 Government policy Royal Canadian Mounted Police Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) Cree | |
Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24489 |