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