Indigenous peoples--Education--British Columbia

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William Brennan interview

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Brennan discusses his early years; coming to Kamloops because of lung troubles; Kamloops described; cattle drives to the railroad; joined survey for CNR along the North Thompson; driving logs down river. TRACK 2: Brennan describes cattle drives from Nicola country; cows; horses; Sam Pau, who was an Indian cowboy; an incident with cattle on a bridge; pre-war Englishmen in BC; Fruitlands Company buying up ranches; Roper of Cherry Creek; Bill Miner trial and escape; Bill Miner's life as a prospector and church supporter; and Bill Fortune's comments.

CALL NUMBER: T0667:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Brennan continues with anecdotes about Bill Fortune and his wife; Bill Miner stories; Haney brothers train robbery; remittance men in Kamloops; Rideau school at Musian Flats; Father Morice and Father Le Jeune, who gave Indian names to CPR stations. TRACK 2: Talented priests; Indian quest in Red River rebellion; passion play; Indians then and now; Father Le Jeune's Chinook newspaper;, "Kamloops Wawa"; the Indian schools then and now; more on Bill Fortune and ranches.

William (Bill) Christie interview

CALL NUMBER: T3534:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Christie : the early years in Canada RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1979-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bill Christie recounts memories of his early life in Canada.: born in Scotland; in the infantry in World War I; moving to Canada with his new wife after the war; first impressions of Canada; working in the streetcar business in Winnipeg; working on a farm for an American owner, Roberts, in Manitoba -- problems with boss, farm. TRACK 2: Bill Christie discusses: buying a farm from an Englishman for $9000; experiences of owning farm; worried about going into debt, so sold property; went to Saskatchewan next to help on a farm -- quit after a short time; worked at another farm in Saskatchewan; rented a place in the Uncha Valley, B.C. to farm; stories about farming in this part of B.C. in the inter-war years; journey from Rosetown up to Burns Lake (in the Uncha Valley); buying and selling some land up in this part of B.C.; beginning his work with the Indian department. [Tape stopped recording at this point for an unknown reason -- means there is a gap in the narrative.] CALL NUMBER: T3534:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Christie : coming to the Cariboo RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1979-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bill Christie discusses: the Farmers' Institute; hauling tiles; dances for community; the Christies had five children by this time -- not many educational opportunities, but lots of fun; finding references so he could apply for Indian Department job; meeting the Indian Commissioner; buying more cattle and livestock; becoming an Indian agent; description of their house near Williams Lake at the time; learning to be a good Indian agent; did some logging business to finance operation; book-keeping; story about Bella Coola logging; potato club in Bella Coola for the children; learning to drive a modern car. TRACK 2: Bill Christie discusses: driving a modern car for the first time from Vancouver -- eventful journey (cont'd); anecdotes about his time as Indian agent in Bella Coola -- trips around the area, building a school at Anaham, Father Bradley, Father Thomas, difficulty in getting qualified teachers, Jane Bryant (nurse), mixing of whites and Natives in schools (happened later on), Indian police, using an interpreter in meetings with the Bella Coola Natives; had powers of a magistrate; Barkerville murder. CALL NUMBER: T3534:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Christie : the Cariboo RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1979-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Christie discusses: the Barkerville murder (cont'd); case of two Natives wrongfully being accused of killing a steer; Natives were blamed for setting fires, even though farmers did it too; Reserve courts were never made legal, but they dealt with smaller crimes anyway; more on school in Anaham and Chilcotin Indian children who went there; chasing run-away children; difficulty in getting good lay school staff. TRACK 2: Mr. Christie discusses: story about an American teacher from aeronautical engineering school in Seattle; difficulty in retaining teachers at the Anaham school; Native children behaved well in the day schools; anecdote about a Masachi box; outbreak of T.B.; still trapping when he first came to the Cariboo; Natives would work on farms -- good at farming; Natives not good businessmen; Chilcotin Natives ethnicity; perception of Father Thomas; anecdote about Bishop Jennings; depending on interpreters; doctors in the area. CALL NUMBER: T3534:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Christie : the Cariboo RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1979-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Christie discusses: more on doctors in the Cariboo; anecdote about Dr. Haramia; story about getting half a deer from 'Sammy', a Native; needed to be practical to survive in the Cariboo; differences between those with university education and those without (like himself); Mission schools taught practical things to Natives, as well as reading and writing; difficulty in forcing children to go to school when schools were scarce -- Christie built schools to fix this problem. TRACK 2: Mr. Christie discusses: more about Mission schools; Archbishop Duke -- a Puritan, wanted to establish an Indian sisterhood; differences in Christianity- Catholic vs Protestant; Bella Bella mission; Father Bradley's visit to Elgatcho; relationship with the Archbishop; most independent Natives were the ones farthest from Williams Lake -- the Nemiahs and the Redstones; most troublesome Natives -- Anahams, some Alkali Lake Natives; poaching; little trouble between ranchers and Natives; Natives in Bella Coola did not mix well with the Norwegians; some land disputes. (End of interview)

Vince Frank interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vince Frank RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-03 SUMMARY: Vince Frank began fishing with his father when his was 10-12 years old, gill netting. Growing up in Steveston and living there. Attended Lord Byng Elementary and Richmond High. Originally came from Courtenay, on Vancouver Island. Came to Steveston in the early 1940s. His father's skiff would be towed out by a packer and dropped off. His father fished the majority of the time for Nelson Bros. but also for B.C. Packers, Canadian Fish and Millard & Co. Started fishing commercially when he was 10 on a seine at using cotton web lines, wooden (Spanish) corks, and pulling the net in by hand. Discusses net use and care. Fished with his dad most of the time, or else with his brother-in-law. Canadian Fish hardly hired any Indians at all. They did not discriminate against Japanese however. Worked in different canneries. Discusses the employment of Indians. Discusses boarding in a company house for 17 years with his whole family. His father worked in the net loft in the cannery for the winter. He joined the U.F.A.W.U. in 1947 and afterwards joined the Native Brotherhood. Discusses union and Native Brotherhood. He prefers wooden hull boats to aluminum and fibreglass. He's fished from Seattle to Alaska. Discusses current (1976) fishing and cannery conditions. He is a first class net man -- he can make any net you want: an increasingly rare skill. Discusses modern equipment on boats. In the old days in Steveston it was like one big family. When he went to Lord Byng School he and his sister were the only two Indian children there and he got it many fights because of it. Japanese internment and treatment. Changes in the river. He fished at Rivers Inlet 1937-1939 at that time the canneries were Rivers Inlet Cannery, Kildala, Brunswick, Good Hope, and Goose Bay. Story of dangerous storm near Alaska in 1966. Tells story of working in reduction plant and pulling Danny Gordon, drunk, out of a bin full of fish guts and wheeling him home in a wheelbarrow and throwing him on his bunk.

Vera Basham interview

CALL NUMBER: T1226:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vera Basham : experiences as a teacher at Aiyansh, 1915-1916 : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1916 RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1965-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Vera Basham (nee Chasteney) speaks about her background, education and her teaching position at Aiyansh on the Nass River. She describes traveling to Aiyansh (1915) by boat, other teachers and nurses, her preparations, adventures along the way, stopping at Mill Bay, Greenville (Lapalzac), the village of Gwinneha, her arrival at Aiyansh and the one ton of supplies water soaked on journey. She speaks about learning the language of the Nisga'a people, the village of Gitlakdamix, stories about the raising of totem poles, the village of Aiyansh, the honor accorded to the teachers, Constable Phillipson, Mr. Charlie Gordon -- the Provincial Policeman and a description of the interior of an Indian house. TRACK 2: Vera Basham describes having moccasins made by a local woman. She speaks about her school, Chief Derek's home that became the first schoolroom, school supplies, her lack of pupils during the eulachon fishing season, the "Moon of Strawberries" time and bark gathering time. Vera Basham recalls her students, their interest in music, candy making, some trouble at the Gitlakdamix school, an incident with Chief Derek, teacher's duties, funerals, winter weather, spring celebrations, local vegetation, the May 24th games at Empire Park, her impressions of the Indian lifestyle and stories about Chief Derek.

CALL NUMBER: T1226:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vera Basham : experiences as a teacher at Aiyansh, 1915-1916 : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1916 RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1965-11-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Vera Basham continues describing her experiences in Aiyansh (1915 & 1916), the destruction of her house, the kindness of Chief Derek, her departure from the village, gifts from the village and her journey down the Nass. She talks about the Nisga'a language, the Nisga'a people, their children, clothing, religious songs, Christmas festivities, New Year's recital and refreshments, Chief Mercer, pre-emptors and Rev. J.B. McCullagh's work at Aiyansh. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The road to the Yukon : [part 3]

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" features interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 3 of 9 presents a stop at Lower Post, and an interview with the principal of the local residential school. This is followed by a visit to Contact Creek, with commentary about Contact Creek and the historical significance of its location.

Sister Norma Jeffs interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Memories of Indian residential schools in B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sister Norma Jeffs' recollections of her experiences as a teacher: background -- born in Vancouver, serious illnesses as a youth, decision to enter convent; why she chose the Sisters of St. Ann; first missionary experience on Kuper [Island] -- getting to know the Natives, teaching school, staff at Kuper, isolation from the mainland, dreary winters, runaway children; question of whether it was wrong to force own culture and religion on to Natives; experiences in Mission and Kamloops; positive and negative responses from Natives who went to residential schools; teaching the Native children English; some very bright students -- many success stories; differences between Kuper and Mission -- she set up a home-economics class in Mission, Oblates in Mission (missionary men from France); initially many Native parents did not want to send their children to school; canning fruit at St. Mary's Mission; beginning the mixing of boys and girls at school social events. TRACK 2: Sister Norma Jeffs remembers her time in residential schools: complaints Natives have about the schools -- they lost their culture through the church; boys mean to some of the girls; mistreatment of some Native children once they left the residential schools and were integrated into the main system; residential schools sheltered Natives from discriminatory world; language -- Nanaimo Natives now trying to teach their language to youth; many children from residential schools married each other; T.B. was very prevalent among Natives at Mission; difficulties getting money from the government; Indian Agents -- some very helpful; parents did not have much to do with the residential schools; supervising the dormitory at Kamloops residential school -- few problems, the girls listened to her; integration of different Native groups. (End of interview)

Sister Josephine Carney interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Sister Josephine Carney : a Catholic Sister who had too much love to just get married RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973 SUMMARY: Sister Josephine Carney was born in 1920 and discusses her childhood in South Vancouver; family; religion; school; the Depression; the degrading of men on relief; wanting to be a teacher; marriage would limit the number of people she could love; deciding to become a sister; reactions to this; training; teaching in Kamloops, New Westminster, Indian Residential school at Mission; questions about teaching Indians; Kamloops; Kuper Island; Lower Post (on B.C. and Yukon border); an anecdote; association with the Oblate fathers in the Indian schools; getting a B.A. and M.A. at summer school; comparative religion.

Scrapbook and other material

Series consists of scrapbook of clippings, photographs, theatre programmes and invitations documenting Anthony Walsh's work as a teacher of drama and art to First Nations children at the Inkameep Reserve from 1931-1943, for the Canadian Legion War Services during World War II, and later, in Quebec.

Saturday evening : Children of Inkameep

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5 hour programs broadcast from 8:30 to 10 PM. Usually in two parts, the program featured plays, classical music, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Octob;er 1962 to the spring of 1967. In "Children of Inkameep", Anthony Walsh recalls his experiences as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the Okanagan Valley during the 1930s, and his attempts to find ways of keeping alive native traditions through the education of the children. Also heard are the voices of Margaret Stelkia, and her daughter Jane Stelkia, of Inkameep; George Clutesi of Alberni; and Isabel and Carleton MacNaughton, Dorothy Fraser, and Albert Millar of the South Okanagan.

Rudolph Guidi interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Rudolph Guidi, former principal at Oliver Elementary School, talks about Anthony Walsh; his work as a teacher at the school at Inkameep Indian School; and his encouragement of the revival; of native arts and culture there, from 1932 to 1942. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Reports and statistical analyses

  • GR-3617
  • Series
  • 1995-1999

The series consists of reports, statistical analyses and priority lists created by the Ministry of Education, Training and Technology between 1995 and 1999. The reports deal with skills development across British Columbia, as well as Aboriginal education and the so-called ‘brain drain’ of skilled Canadians moving to the USA. The reports include research for a policy addressing post-secondary education and skills training for First Nations citizens. The files include correspondence sent from the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs addressed to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Policy, Planning and Research branch of the Ministry.

Records in the series are covered by ARCS 440-20 (Reporting and Statistical Analysis).

British Columbia. Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology (1998-2001)

Queen Charlotte School interviews

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Queen Charlotte School interviews with teenagers RECORDED: Queen Charlotte City (B.C.), 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape includes interviews with several students at the Queen Charlotte School. Alfred Collinson discusses his carving in argillite, Haida traditions and heritage. (This section appears to; follow from track 2 below, i.e. continuing the interview with Alfred Collinson). Janice DeBucy talks about disadvantages and advantages of living on the island. Russell Jeannotte speaks about his views about living on the island and his educational plans. The students discuss various issues including integration and the Haida culture. Another unidentified student (Randy Brown?) speaks about his feelings about living on the island. TRACK 2: This tape consists of interviews with students at the Queen Charlotte School. Alfred Collinson and Tommy Green discuss life on the island, Haida people, education and activities. Melvin Hutchinson and Jerry Jones talk about education and living on the island. Alfred Collinson speaks about learning the skill of argillite carving from his grandfather, Arthur Moody, and his uncle, Rufus Moody. He speaks about locating the argillite, carving and designs. (This interview appears to be continued on track 1).

Okanagan noel : ["new version"]

SUMMARY: A program about the effect of the coming of Christianity to the Indian people of B.C., and how it reacted with their own culture and religion. Also: Anthony Walsh tells how, as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the 1930s, he attempted to find ways of keeping the native traditions alive through the education of the children. An Okanagan Indian Christmas carol is also heard. Voices heard include: Annie Hayes, Lizette Hall, Mrs. Edward Joyce, Grace Stephens, Sheila DeHart, Mrs. Albert Cooper, Mrs. Tracy Williams, Paul Stanley, Elliot Weisgarber, Anthony Walsh, Solomon Wilson;, George Clutesi, Clarence Joe, Danny Milo, Joe Klameen, Joe Louie, and William Scow.;

Norma Kenoras interview

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Norma Kenoras. In it she discusses band administration on the Sahhaltkum reserve since it has been controlled and organized by the band itself. She compares the band's own administration to administration by the Indian Affairs branch, and discusses both the benefits and the problems of having their own administration. Other topics discussed include the band's sources of revenue, their land-leasing business, and First Nations education. [Note: Her mention of "Harvey" is in reference to Harvey Jules, the chief of the Sahhaltkum band for the past 18 years (1977)].

Mrs. Alphonsine Basil interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Alphonsine Basil, an Indian woman, recalls her childhood in a school near Williams Lake and life in Tachie, a village at Stuart Lake. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Mrs. Albert Cooper interview

CALL NUMBER: T0732:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Albert Cooper talks about her early life and schooling at Coqualeetza in the 1890s; describes conditions at the school; Mr. and Mrs. Tate; school experiences; the flood of 1894; life an;d religion at the school. She discusses legends and native people around Chilliwack Lake. TRACK 2: Mrs. Albert Cooper talks about native people and the first settlers; churches; Captain John; India;n houses; the Coqualeetza School; the incident about the Reverend Tate and the hidden masks; Methodist revival meetings; teachings and fear of hell-fire; changes in native people and loss of their language.;

CALL NUMBER: T0732:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Albert Cooper recalls Chief Captain John, a preacher; Billy Supass, a translator for the minister; visitors to Coqualeetza; Chilliwack roads and canals; Vedder River; her grandmother, a Sto:lo Indian; place names. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Metlakatla : Wicks collection

SUMMARY: [No content information available.] This tape is presumably a selection of interview excerpts in which Walter Wicks discusses the mission school at Metlakatla [Metlakahtla]. As such, it is probably a component of t;he program "The School at Metlakatla", which was the third program is the second series of "Living Memory".

Methodist Church records

Methodist Church papers including minute books for Vancouver Island and British Columbia District, 1860-1884; and British Columbia Conference, Committee on Missions, 1889-1898; British Columbia District Treasurer's Book, 1880-1894; 20th Century Thanksgiving Fund Account Book, 1900-1901; miscellaneous financial papers, 1860-1881; papers on Indian Affairs, 1881-1899; other official correspondence, 1859-1894; and the News Reporter's Book from the Excelsior Literary Society, New Westminster Collegiate and High School, 1881-1883.

Copied from originals borrowed from E.S. Robson, Vancouver, 1948. Originals transferred to Vancouver School of Theology, 1989.

Finding aid: volume list.

Methodist Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference

Mary Englund interview

CALL NUMBER: T3868:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Missionary in B.C. : Mary Englund RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-07-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Englund's recollections of her education at the Mission Indian Residential School: born in Lillooet, raised at Bralorne and D'Arcy Native reserves; taken to the Mission Indian Residential School at age 8, stayed until she was 16; hard family life -- French-Canadian father killed, Native mother drank; she enjoyed her trip down to Mission because she was not sad to leave her mother; arrival at school -- bathed by an older girl, putting on an uncomfortable uniform; being homesick; older girls watched the younger ones; difficult to get used to rules of the school; description of a typical day; chores; Catechism; learning to sew. TRACK 2: Mary Englund further discusses her memories of the residential school in Mission: anecdote about darning a sock; learning English -- very difficult for some children; nuns told girls they were lucky to be in a convent because the outside world was wicked; rebellious girls -- running away, punishments; children were told not to tell parents anything about school -- parents could not visit often; the grade system ('notes'); Sister Veronica; sisters made them feel ashamed to be Native; asserting herself against the ways of the school; becoming a rebel. CALL NUMBER: T3868:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Missionary in B.C. : Mary Englund RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-07-31 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mary Englund discusses her time at the Mission Residential School: some nuns showed affection; wearing veils in church; contact between girls and boys was forbidden; anecdote about dressing a girl up like a boy to annoy a sister; story about some boys climbing into the girls' dormitory at night; describes the journey home for the holidays; at home, she sometimes missed companionship of the school; went as high as she could academically, Native girls were not allowed to go to high school; working as a maid for an old Scottish lady in Ladner; wanted to be a nun, but was not allowed because her parents were not married. (End of interview)

Margaret and Jane Stelkia interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-25 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Margaret Stelkia and her daughter Jane Stelkia, of the Inkameep Reserve near Oliver, recall Anthony Walsh and his work as a teacher at the school on the reserve, which encouraged the local revival of Indian arts and crafts, 1932 to 1942.

Lizette Hall interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lizette (Mrs. Ralph Hall), a woman from the Carrier tribe, discusses her father, Louis Billy Prince, who was born in 1864 on the east side of Stuart River. His father was a chief until a bishop removed him; she describes the circumstances around that. She describes her great-grandfather, Kwah, who lived to a very old age and was a nobleman. The people who lived on the reserve. Stories about their first encounters with huns and with white people. Mrs. Hall tells the story of how Sir James Douglas' life was threatened after a when the Native man was killed by two HBC workers near Fort George; the incident ended peacefully. She discusses the first priest in the area, named Father Nobili. Her recollections of Father Morice; he returned to the area in 1924 and was surprised at seeing the advancement of the Carrier people. Father Marshall, who came before Father Morice and other priests. TRACK 2: Mrs. Hall continues with a story about Father Morice and a printing press he left behind. Her recollections of Father Coccola, who ran the place with an iron hand, and the effects of his racial beliefs on the people. She discusses the Hudson's Bay Company and its relations with Indians.; Catholic influences on education, and the focus on the spiritual needs of the Natives rather than their bodily needs. The first public school in 1913, which was not run by the Church, lasted three years. Her experiences at the Catholic residential school; the loneliness that resulted from being taken from parents; penalties imposed for speaking their native language; the unsanitary conditions and; food served. The school's aim "to eradicate culture"; how Indian culture was practiced in private. Mrs.Hall relates some stories about the legendary figure Astace. She offers meanings and pronuciations of Indian names. Finally, she discusses Indian village life in the old days, including how winters were spent, and the raids by the Chilcotin people.

Lilly Squinahan interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Memories of St. Joseph's Mission, Williams Lake, B.C. RECORDED: Alkali Lake (B.C.), 1979-06-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: In an interview with Margaret Whitehead, Lilly Squinahan shares memories of her time at St. Joseph's Mission: typical day; her knowledge of English; sewing own clothes; learning to cook; everything the school needed, they produced (for the most part); Brother Collins; spent nine years in school, but only went to grade 6 academically (ages 9 to 18). Had to leave school to make room for new students. She enjoyed school and believes other students did too. Religion at St. Joseph's. Some children ran away from the school -- workmen would have to go looking for them. Chilcotin children in the school. All her siblings went to St. Joseph's too. Her youngest brother used to run away. Trapping no longer practiced by many Natives. Parents did not come to visit often. Holidays were six weeks. TRACK 2: Lily Squinahan: On holidays, Father Thomas would sometimes come to the reserve -- he was very strict (no alcohol, no dancing). Discussion of other priests. Chief Samson. Chief and Father Thomas had a court-like system set up where people would pay fines and confess to wrongdoings. Little alcohol on the reserve in old days. Chief is no longer a hereditary position. Concluding remarks.

Life and the land : [Chilcotin]

Documentary. Profiles a unique project of the Department of Indian Affairs that is under way in the Chilcotin. On a 150.000-acre forest management licence, some 70 Indians are building a forestry and vocational training complex for their own people. They run their own logging operation and have a small town under construction, complete with school, dining hall, dormitory and 19 modern homes. (from CBC Times description)

Letterbooks of the School Branch

This series contains letterbooks of the School Branch. The records include copies of letters sent by the Deputy Superintendent General concerning Indian school affairs. Each volume contains an index. From volumes 1287-1306, Record Group 10.

\Reel B-1387(2), 28 Nov. 1893 to 31 July 1894; Reel B-1388, 31 July 1894 to 13 April 1895; Reel B-1389, 13 April 1895 to 7 February 1896; Reel B1390, 7 February 1896 to 20 March 1896.

Also, includes school voucher register, 1906-1909 (vol. 1303); tenders for school supplies, 1887-1890 (vol. 1304); Treaty 7 issue of goods, 1883-1896 (vol. 1305); and Treaty 7 vouchers, 1888-1894 (vol. 1306).

Canada. Department of Indian Affairs

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