Produced in reaction to Malcolm Colin Cameron's accusations of immorality and incompetency on the part of Indian Affairs officials. Large part of document is spent rebutting "misstatements" and "inaccuracies" about the quality and quantity of farm implements, clothing, and food. Also responds to allegations that Indian agents are purchasing or "living in adultery" with Indigenous women.
Language and attitude indicative of Department's racism.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
On the Evolution of Language by J. W. Powell
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J. W. Powell
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by J. W. Powell
On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J. W. Powell
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow
Studies in Central American Picture-Writing by Edward S.
A compilation of essays by : Deborah Lee, Liam Haggarty, Brendan Edwards, Tamara Starblanket, Camie Augustus, Kurt Boyer, Anna Flamino, Merle Massie, Yvonne Vizina, Patricia Deiter, Meagan Gough, and Alan Long.
Includes American slavery, punishment of slaves in Lower Canada, legal position of Canadian slaves, kidnapping of individuals, some commentary Huron Treaty of 1764 in relation to slavery.
From Proceedings of the Canadian Institute, New Series, vol. 1, pt. 1, no. 1, 1897.
Includes the Crown's text of the Selkirk, Robinson-Superior, Robinson-Huron, and numbered Treaties 1 to 7 as well as many of the early supplementary adhesions to Treaty.