Nelson Commission / Report of the Commission / Appointed to investigate the unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 as they apply to the Indians of the Mackenzie District. - 1959.

Findings of the Nelson Commission, headed by Walter H. Nelson, a Prince Albert, Saskatchewan lawyer, relating to unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 in the Mackenzie District. Included are minutes of a meeting on 25 June 1959, locations of commission meetings, and recommendations made.

Historical note:

The Mackenzie District encompasses a large part of the Northwest Territories, bundled on the south by British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, on the west by Yukon Territory, on the north by the Arctic Ocean, and on the east by an irregular line running to the east of Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake and extending from the Arctic Ocean to the northern boundary of Saskatchewan.