File contains a report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1948 for the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. It is a comprehensive report that includes demographic data and the activities or "progress" of Indians in each region of Canada (enfranchisement, land sales etc). There is also an editorial titled "The Canadian Indian" that appears to be an educational press release about the departments view on misconceptions about Canadian Indians.
Surveys "non-Aboriginal public knowledge and attitudes about Aboriginal peoples". Report shows eighty-four percent of Canadians surveyed want to be part of reconciliation process with Indigenous people and thirty percent of young people between the ages of 18-29 feel they have an individual part to play.
Reports that Saskatchewan's power structure does not support the changing demographics. Survey looks at 265 most powerful people in government, justice, business and education.
See: Chapter A-2 "COVID-19 and First Nations' Responses" by Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewit.
Chapter D-6 "Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Anne Levesque and Sophie Theriault.