RBCM Archives

Letter from Gilbert Malcolm Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re Joint Commission

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18 Jan 1876

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from S.T. Moffatt , Secretary pro-tem of Joint Commission re Sechelt Penisula and Jervis Inlet

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8 Sep 1876

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from S.T. Moffatt , Secretary pro-tem, to Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re leases

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11 Sep 1876

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from McKinley and Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re Coal Harbour and First Narrows, Burrard Inlet

GR-2982.1.4
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27 Nov 1876

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Commissioners to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re Sechelt Band

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7 Dec 1876

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Map attached showing recommended reserves.

Letter from the Commissioners to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works regarding Harwood, Savoy, and Cortes Islands, islands in the Fraser River, Alberni Canal, Salmon River Valley, the Skeena and Nass Rivers

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27 Apr 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Commissioners to Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re Victoria superintendency , Howe Sound to Sooke

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11 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Minutes of Decision allotting reserves for Bands with decision dates

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11 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Minutes of Decision allotting reserves for the following Bands with decision dates: Skawmish (Squamish) Tribe, 15 reserves Skawmish (Squamish) Tribe, 3 reserves Se Shell (Sechelt) Tribe, 18 reserves Comox Indians, 1 reserve Qualicum Indians, 1 reserve Sketch map of Qualicum reserve Nanoose Indians (Shonowns) , 1 reserve Nanaimo Indians, 1 reserve Nanaimo Indians, fishing station Chemainis, Halalt Indians, 1 reserve Chemainis, Lyackson Indians, 3 reserves Chemainis, Yon Kulahs; Samalchos and Penelakuts Tribe, 1 reserve Chemainis, Chemainus Bay and Sickameen Tribe, 1 reserve Cowichan Indians, Quamichan District Cowichan Indians, Cowichan District Cowichan Indians, Quamichan District Cowichan Indians, Cowichan District Cowichan Indians, Shawnigan District Saanich Indians, Saanich District Saanich Indians, Saanich District Saanich Indians, Shawnigan District (fishing stations) Saanich Indians, Goldstream District (fishing stations) Six maps: Nanaimo, Comox, Cowichan River, Skwawmish River and Howe Sound, Hydrographic map and Admiralty chart

Minutes of Decision allotting reserves for the following Bands

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11 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Includes: Sooke and Becher Bay; map showing Becher Bay reserves.

Letter to Chief Commissioner re Beecher [Becher] Bay

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11 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Copy of memorandum by Sproat on reserves for the Becher Bay Indians

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11 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from the Commissioners re Muskweam and Skawmish reserves

GR-2982.1.12
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27 Jun 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Includes two maps showing Fraser River and Burrard Inlet reserves, 9 Jul 1877, 15 Jun 1877

Minutes of Decision allotting reserves for the Muskweam and Skawmish Tribes

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15 Jun 1877 - 1943

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Attached to the minutes is later correspondence relative to the survey and re-survey of the reserves. Two maps showing Burrard Inlet reserves, 26 Jun 1880.

Letter from the Commissioners re a dispute about a claim next to the Kamloops Indian reserve

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17 Jul 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Sproat re further adjustment of Indian reserves

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14 Nov 1877

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from the Commissioners to Chief Commissioner

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28 Jan 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Copy of letter from the Commissioners to Colonel Houghton and copy of his reply

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20 Jan 1878 - 26 Jan 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Drake and Jackson, Barristers-at-Law, Victoria, to the Hon. H.C. Elliott, re O'Keefe's complaint about the Indian Commissioners and an Indian reserve in the Okanagan area

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31 Jan 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from the Commissioners to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re the case of Charles McMillan and extract from a letter to Col. Powell

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20 Apr 1877 - 8 Feb 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Memorandum from the Commissioners to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and works advising that the surveying of Indian reserves allotted by the Commission will commence in the early part of the year

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1 Mar 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re procedure to be used for approval of the allotment of reserves

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19 Mar 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works enclosing copies of correspondence re the "Mariner Case" involving a conflict with a reserve for the Cowichan Indians

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28 Mar 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re reserves between Yale and Fraser River

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12 Apr 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Letter from Sproat to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works re "Kanaka Bill"

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4 May 1878

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Minutes of Decision allotting reserves within the Fraser Superintendency , 1877, the Victoria district and Esquimalt district by the Joint Indian Reserve Commission for the following groups with decision dates:

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13 M ay 1878 [dated 8 May 1878 on last page]

Part of Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

Includes: North Thompson and Canoe Lake Indians: 5 Jul 1877; Kamloops Indians: 29 Jul 1877; Deadman's Creek Indians: 28 Jul 1877; South Thompson or Neskainleth Indians: 13 Aug 1877; Adams Lake Indians: 13 Aug 1877; Little Shuswap Lake Indians: 14 Aug 1877; South Thompson or Neskainlith , Adams Lake and Little Shuswap Lake Indians: 16 Aug 1877; Spellumcheen Indians: 13 Sep 1877; Indians at head of Okanagan Lake: 15 Oct 1877; Penticton Indians: 24 Nov 1877; Osoyoos Indians: 16 Nov , 21 Nov 1877; Songish [Songhees] Indians: 4 May 1878; Esquimalt Indians: 4 May 1878.