The Report of the Pennefather Commission: Indian Conditions and Administration in the Canadas in the 1850s
Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association ; 1983
Claims and Historical Research Centre ; A.53
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John F. Leslie
Description
Discusses previous commissions and reports and trends in Imperial and Colonial policies. The Pennefather findings and recommendations are analyzed under four headings: plans for departmental financing and administrative reorganization; assessment of the future of Indian reserves; inquiry into the legal status of Indian people; reform of Indian education; and evaluation of mechanism for detribalizing Indian people.