Fort of Refuge, Prince Albert, March 31, 1885
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Sketch of the Fort of Refuge built by the citizens of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to protect themselves during the Northwest Resistance.
Includes text and images.
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Introduction and two archival items discuss the employment of Aboriginals in the agricultural sector. The first deals with the Dept. of Indian Affairs efforts to recruit them as migrant farm workers. The second discusses the exclusion of farm workers from protection under labour laws. Taken from the 1966 National Agricultural Manpower Committee Meeting.
Notes and sketches from a trip taken by John Franklin Boyd in July and August, 1885, from Minnedosa, Manitoba to visit Prince Albert and the places involved in the North-West Rebellion.
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