Event151-2Cd20427.Pdf (James Smith Cree Nation.Pdf)
INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION JAMES SMITH CREE NATION IR 100A INQUIRY PANEL Chief Commissioner Renée Dupuis Commissioner Alan C. Holman COUNSEL For the James Smith Cree Nation William A. Selnes For the Government of Canada Robert Winogron/Uzma Ihsanullah To the Indian Claims Commission Kathleen N. Lickers March 2005 CONTENTS SUMMARY vii KEY HISTORICAL NAMES CITED ix TERMINOLOGY xiii PREFACE xvii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 MANDATE OF THE COMMISSION 3 PART II HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 7 CLAIMANTS’ ADHESIONS TO TREATY 5 AND 67 Geography and Claimants 7 Cumberland Band Adhesion to Treaty 5, 1876 7 James Smith Band and the Signing of Treaty 6, 1876 9 Cumberland Band Requests Reserve at Fort à la Corne 10 Survey of IR 20 at Cumberland Lake in Treaty 5 16 CONDITIONS AT FORT À LA CORNE, 1883–92 20 Creation of the Pas Agency in Treaty 5, 1883 20 Department Permits Move to Fort à la Corne, 1883 20 Movement from Cumberland to Fort à la Corne, 1883–86 21 Setting Aside Land for IR 100A, 1883–85 25 The North-West Rebellion and the Cumberland Band 30 Scrip Offered at Cumberland 31 Paylist for Cumberland Band at Fort à la Corne, 1886 33 Other Treaty 5 Bands at Fort à la Corne 33 Survey of IR 100A, 1887 34 Department Support for Agriculture at Fort à la Corne 35 Cumberland Band Movement, 1887–91 37 Return to the Cumberland District, 1886–91 38 Leadership of Cumberland Band at Fort à la Corne, 1886–92 39 Request for Separate Leadership at IR 100A, 1888 40 BAND MEMBERSHIP 41 Department Practice for Transfers of Band Membership 41 Settlement of Chakastaypasin Band Members
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