Subtitled: "Entered according to act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 1885 by Prof. Buell in the office of the ministry of agriculture." Image of Lt. Gov. Dewdney and a troop of military men in uniform. In the foreground are 6 chiefs.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 131-154
Description
Discusses the impact of various legislation including the Jay Treaty of 1794, which assured border crossing rights, the 1891 Immigration Act deeming them neither USA nor Canadian citizens, and the Alien Registration Act of 1940 that classified First Nations as aliens.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1997, p. 18
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Ocean Man First Nation elects an all-female Council and Chief for the first time in this country. The first election for Chief resulted in a tie, and in the runoff one month later Chief Laura Big Eagle was elected on February 14, 1997.