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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Sarcee Indian Agency
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
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 Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) Indian Agency, situated southwest of Calgary and at Morley, Alberta in the Treaty 7 region, consisted of the Sarcee and Stoney reserves. Indian agents included Norman Thomas Macleod (1880-1881), C.E. Denny (1882-1883), S.B. Lucas (1884), W.C. de Balinhard (1886-1887), F.C. Cornish (1887-1890), S.B. Lucas (1891-1896), A.J. McNeill (1897-1906, 1908-1911), J. Hollies (1907) and T.J. Fleetham (1912-1918). After 1918, the agency had two agent positions: in Calgary (Sarcee), agents were William Gordon (1919-1922), T.F. Murray, M.D. (1923-1947) and M. McLeod (1948); in Morley (Stoney), agents were E.H. Yeomans (1918-1923), Robert Pringle (1924-1928), R. Hinton (1930-1933), Dr. W.B. Murray (1934-1940) and J.N.R. Iredale (1941-1947).