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Indians of North America -- Canada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..

 Collection — Mapcase folder 45
Identifier: 9092
Scope and content An appeal To the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of all classes and denominations, the appeal on behalf of the Chippewa nation of Indians of the Mississagua [sic] tribe residing at the River Credit in Canada... Dated October 19, 1844 at the Credit River.This petition of 1844 was taken to England by Peter Jones on behalf of his tribe. It is signed by members of the tribe with names and hieroglyphs. In the petition the Indians are requesting...
Dates: 1844 October 19.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / An appeal to the charitable and benevolent people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..

Correspondence to and about Daniel Claus

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9031
Scope and content

Photostats of 9 letters discussing appointments and positions, land settlement, conflicts with Indians, financial statements for the estate of Daniel Claus, and legal documents regarding the loss of the Claus estate during the American Revolution, with mentions of the Memorialists. Some letters are from Rich Bulkeley, M. Wilmont, Sir Guy Carleton, George Germaine, Barry L. Leger.

Dates: 1777-1786.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Correspondence to and about Daniel Claus

Explanation of an Eskimo map

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9048
Scope and content

Manuscript describes an Eskimo map that was drawn on a leaf of ledger paper by Noo-kud-la for Captain Joseph-ElzeĢar Bernier. The original map, which was supposedly in the collections of the American Geographic Society, is included. The description explains the map which outlines the journey made by Noo-kud-la and Alfred Tremblay in 1923. Information on Eskimo population obtained from C. Vigneau, who was with Captain Bernier.



Dates: 1924.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Explanation of an Eskimo map

Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9171
Abstract Copies of correspondence, news clippings, and other documents pertaining to the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation's struggle with the Canadian government and various companies who were seeking to develop traditional Lubicon Cree lands. Press releases, letters, and articles discuss land claims, economic and social conditions, activism, and legal fights of the Lubicon Lake Cree Band. A couple of original clippings and magazine articles are also included. Includes a letter to Chief Bernard Ominayak...
Dates: 1981-1988.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers

Stockbridge Indian papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9185
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, government publications, bills and acts related to the Stockbridge Indians. Includes copies of treaties; petitions to New York State and the federal governments; tribal rolls; lists of payments to Stockbridge and Munsee individuals; powers of attorney from Stockbridge leaders to particular individuals; government documents; and annuity claims. The documents range from correspondence about relocating to sites in Indiana and Wisconsin to receipts for small...
Dates: 1739-1915.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Stockbridge Indian papers

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