Aboriginal stone pickers, Davidson
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Aboriginal stone pickers working in a field near Davidson, SK. Date unknown.
Discusses the need for labor researchers to engage with Indigenous studies to advance social and environmental justice.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Historical note:
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Historical note:
The responsibilities of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration also included the operation of the Indian Affairs Branch.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.