Allen Ahenakew and E.R. Conn
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Allen Ahenakew, Interpreter, and E.R. Conn, Federal Supervisor of Indian Affairs, at microphones at the Trappers Convention in Prince Albert, SK, 1961.
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Historical note:
Attributed to Father LeJeune "With the approbation of Right Rev. P. Durieu" (Bibliography of British Columbia).An edited collection of correspondence published in the Ayrshire Post, and written by William Gibson, a Scottish farmer settled in the Wolseley, SK area. Letters discuss the day-to-day life of farming in the area and describe Gibson’s interactions with the nearby Nêhiyawak (Cree) people. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 98.