The Aborigines of Canada Under the British Crown: With a Glance at Their Customs, Characteristics and History
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William Clint
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Compilation of primary documents.
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Primarily newspaper articles.
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Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Includes some discussion of Riel's trial and sentencing.
Speech made in the House of Commons.
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Fort Battleford, built in 1876 and in use until 1924, was the sixth Northwest Mounted Police fort to be established in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the events of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.Historical note:
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Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. As a Company post it primarily dealt in provisions, namely pemmican and buffalo robes although other furs were traded as well.Historical note:
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In 1876, the first consolidated Indian Act reflected the Canadian government's preoccupation with land management, First Nations membership and local government, and the ultimate goal of assimilation of Canada's Aboriginal population.Historical note: