This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 27-46
Description
Discusses the decline of Indigenous modes of production stemming from the wage-labour economy introduced by the Hudson Bay Company and its expansion into agriculture, fishing and lumbering.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 1949, pp. 19-22
Description
Describes the role of the post-confederation treaty-making process in clearing the plains for European settlement.
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Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 19.
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 93-112
Description
Discusses how Pasquatinow was a productive hunting and trapping ground for the Red Earth Cree until the late 1930s when the provinicial government and the Hudson's Bay Company began to place restrictions on land use.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 3, no. 2, Spring, 1950, pp. 57-63
Description
Draws on various historical documents and Turnor’s journal to describe the expedition to survey Rupert’s Land for the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. Discusses the roles David Thompson and Peter Fiddler.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 57.
Report includes appendices relating to reserves, schedule of leases, statutes of British Columbia relating to Aboriginals and missions of British Columbia.
Gerald Willoughby's book describes his arrival from England to Saskatoon in 1883, and he was among Saskatoon's first citizens. His peaceful dealings with Louis Riel and various chiefs are detailed, particularly those with Chief Whitecap. Willoughby offers an assessment of the lives of aboriginals living near Saskatoon and notes numerous similarities between "the Red Men and the White Men."
Historical note:
Gerald Willoughby (1866-1933) was one of the first citizens of Saskatoon, NWT.
Report develops the perspective of Kehewin Cree Nation regarding the area within their traditional lands that is currently being taken up for the purpose of developing the ENG project.
Folder contains newspaper clippings relating to trade with Indigenous persons near Moose Jaw in 1884, Indigenous weddings,agriculture, and the death of Chief Whitecap.
Selected excerpts from bound published volume of narrative which covers such topics as the early settlement and development of the western regions of what is now Canada. Among other subjects, Metis land grants and scrip, fur traders, buffalo hunting and methods of transportation used by Natives, and the Northwest Resistance are covered.