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Canada. Department of Indian Affairs. Battleford Indian Agency fonds
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3.5 m of textual records
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The responsibility for Indian affairs in Canada has rested with the British Government, various colonial administrations and, since Confederation, with several branches and departments of the federal government. The Department of Indian Affairs and its predecessors have been responsible for such matters as treaties, reserves, provision of education, and supervision of agriculture on reserves. For a detailed administrative history see Records Relating to Indian Affairs (RG 10) / Peter Gillis et al. - Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1975. The Battleford Indian Agency, situated west of North Battleford, Saskatchewan in the Treaty 6 region, consisted of Cree and Stoney reserves including the Moosomin, Poundmaker, Red Pheasant, Sweet Grass, Thunderchild, Little Pine, Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man, and Lucky Man reserves. Indian agents have included M.G. Dickieson (1879), W.L. Orde (1880), Hayter Reed (1881-1882), J.M. Rae (1883-1885), J.A. Mackay (1886-1887), P.J. Williams (1888-1896), C.M. Daunais (1897-1900), W. Chisholm (1901), J.P.G. Day (1902-1911), J.A. Rowland (1912-1919), S.L. McDonald (1920- 1939), J.P.B. Ostrander (1940-1945), and C.S. Bell (1946-1948).
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The responsibility for Indian affairs in Canada has rested with the British Government, various colonial administrations and, since Confederation, with several branches and departments of the federal government. The Department of Indian Affairs and its predecessors have been responsible for such matters as treaties, reserves, provision of education, and supervision of agriculture on reserves. For a detailed administrative history see Records Relating to Indian Affairs (RG 10) / by Peter Gillis et al. - Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1975. Treaty 4, the Qu'Appelle Treaty, was signed in 1874 by Cree and Saulteaux in 195,000 square kilometres in part of western Manitoba and most of southern Saskatchewan. Treaty 6, the Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt Treaty, was signed in 1876 by Plains and Woodland Cree in 312,000 square kilometres of central Saskatchewan and Alberta. Treaty 7, the Blackfoot Treaty, was signed in 1877 by Blackfoot (Siksika), Blood, Peigan, Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) and Stoney in 130,000 square kilometres of southern Alberta and a corner of southwestern Saskatchewan. Under the provisions of these treaties, an annual payment was to be made at the rate of $25 to each chief, $15 to up to four councillors per band, and $5 to every other Indian man, woman, and child.
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These records were rescued by Doug Light from the basement of the Battleford post office building where the agency had previously had offices. He stored them in his father's house until they were transferred to the Glenbow in 1960.
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The fonds consists of agency, medical and monthly reports; letterbooks, employee and school correspondence; agents' diaries (1912-1915, 1918, 1932, 1935-1939, 1941-1944); farm instructors' diaries (1911-1913, 1916-1917, 1943); reserve ledgers; registers of births and deaths; ration lists; annuity pay lists; and farming records.
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Gift of Doug Light, 1960.
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- The material is in English.
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Also available on microfilm.
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http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/battle.cfm
Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material.
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Other Battleford Indian Agency records are held by the National Archives.
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Record No. M 1781;M 1827;M 4449;BE Battleford<br><br>
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- Battleford Indian Agency (Subject)
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