Treaty days : reflections of an Indian Commissioner

Type

Book

Authors

William M. Graham ( Graham, William M. )

ISBN 10

0919224938

ISBN 13

9780919224933

Tags

William M. Graham -- (William Morris) -- 1867-1939, Canada -- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -- History, Canada -- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian agents -- Prairie Provinces -- Biography, Indian agents -- Biography, Indigenous peoples -- Prairie Provinces -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Prairie Provinces -- History, Indian agents, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations. Prairie Provinces

Abstract

"Treaty Days: Reflections of an Indian Commissioner is part memoir and part first-person account of the career of Department of Indian Affairs employee William M. Graham. For forty years the author worked for the department first as clerk and later as Commissioner responsible for First Nations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. He was forced to retire in 1932." -- WorldCat.

Description

xxxi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
1. Early years --
2. Moose Mountain --
3. The Assiniboines --
4. Wood Mountain Sioux --
5. Life cycle --
6. Food gathering --
7. Daily life --
8. Native religion and missionaries --
9. Trip to Prince Albert Area, 1907 --
10. Some people I have known --
11. World War One --
12. Traders and treaty days --
13. Conclusion.

Includes index.

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