Historical background, analysis and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether the federal government breached its fiduciary obligation when it conducted a surrender of part Reserve 73. ICC ruled 2 to 1 that a settlement should be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 21, no. 2, Winter, 1976, p. [?]
Description
Provides text of theSelkirk Treaty and Lord Selkirk's letter to Hon. W. B. Coltman on July 17, 1817 regarding the Treaty he concluded with Red River Chiefs.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.