Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 1, January 1976, p. 12
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Describes ceremony on Sweetgrass Reserve in Saskatchewan; administrative offices officially opened by Dr. J. Cliff McIsaac (Liberal representative from Battleford/Kindersley area).
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 112-121
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Canative Housing Corporation was created to help provide and maintain residential accommodations for low-income Métis families moving to Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta.
File contains a list of accomplishments by the Diefenbaker government including policies on development of the North, and describes how this, along with housing and education programs has helped the Inuit population. Also, notes for a speech about the role the North and its people should play in Canadian development, and how development would give prosperity to the Inuit.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.
File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.
Research conducted to provide background information on governance issues related to providing public works, assist First Nations in development of guidelines for processes and structures to enable delivery of services, and determine if further research was required.