Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains hand written and typed notes of historian George Shepherd, dated from 1937-1974. The notes include several pages on Aboriginal history in the North-West, that were scanned for this database. This includes a wide variety of material: from copy of a letter written by Louis Riel, to a list of the reserves in Saskatchewan in 1962 and their estimated landbase and populations.
Historical note:
Giraud, M., "Note on the Half-Breed Problem in Manitoba," 1937.
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Fri, 06/05/2009 - 00:29
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, vol. 3, no. 4, November 1937, pp. 541-549
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
Article was of interest to Paul Chartrand, head of the Native Studies Department at the University of Manitoba who makes fun of the incredibly racist tone of the article on a one sheet poster he perhaps kept on the door of his office.