Federal -- Provincial Welfare Services -- Indian Eskimo Welfare

Containing correspondence pertaining to various indigenous issues including: education and educational facilities in the north; the sale of liquor to indigenous people; the right to vote (Blackfoot); the health and welfare of indigenous and Inuit communities; honorary chieftainship; request for enfranchisement; related to an Eskimo Affairs Committee meeting. Handwritten letters from young students at the Spanish River Reserve, Massey Ontario. Discussion of the Catholic church and its operations/influence, especially with regards to residential schools. Letter from Farley Mowat (with enclosed CBC radio transcripts/essay entitled "Ten Thousand Voiceless Canadians", Feb. 2, 1959), discussing the plight of the Inuit people. This can be found on in this file between scanned pages 153-158 or in hard copy between 342346-342351. 3rd folder of the file.