Copy of General Instructions to Newly Appointed Indian Agents in British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs [Canada]
Historical note:
The Cumberland House Cree signed an adhesion to Treaty 5 in September 1876, and a reserve was surveyed for them in 1883. This initial survey included an island (named Chief's Island) on which the chief, a councilor, and a number of the band's members resided.