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