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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada

The Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada

Commissioners, United States Board of

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1153264897
ISBN13: 9781153264891
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.22 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ... and donating the proceeds to the relief of the Belgian sufferers. While the main efforts of this agency were devoted to the young Indians, the old were by no means neglected. Many of them were in tepees, which they use in the summer, having for their winter homes log houses in the heavier timber and bush, where they are protected from the cold. (The tepee as a summer residence is encouraged in all parts of Canada and is doubtless a contributing factor to the good health of the Indians.) Some of them have small herds of cattle and horses. Practically all of them cut poles and pickets, which they market with their small pony teams, and all who have stock are required to cut hay to carry it through the winter. If they fail to do this their cattle are taken away from them. As a result, no watching or discipline is necessary and they put up the hay required without supervision from any source. The agent requires them to whitewash their log houses, inside and out, at least twice a year, and also makes frequent inspections to see that they live in a fairly sanitary manner. They have not attempted here or elsewhere in Canada to make white men out of their old Indians. They help them to live on individual tracts of land where the Indians request it, but they do not attempt to interfere with their communal life and their established customs. On the contrary, the old people are encouraged to make baskets, bead work and moccasins, for which the agent helps them to find a suitable market. Individual holdings of land are not thrust upon them and they are helped to live as happily as possible in their old way. As I have said elsewhere in this report, there is no cumbersome system of handling individual Indian moneys. The sales and purchases, whether on cash or credit, ar...

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