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Horse travois at Blood ration house, 1897
NA-943-43

Blood Indian Agency series, Canada Department of Indian Affairs fonds

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Inventory

These records are available on microfilm through interlibrary loan. Please have your local librarian cite the call numbers indicated in the inventory below. There will be a $15.00 (plus GST if you live in Canada) charge for this service which will be collected by your library.

 

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M-1788-(1-5) Correspondence re supplies of flour, lumber, equipment, food, etc., 1899-1904
M-1788-(6-10) Correspondence re livestock on reserve, 1899- 1906
M-1788-(11-15) Correspondence re criminal cases involving Blood Indians, 1899-1906
M-1788-(16-20) Correspondence re employment of Indians, land leases, coal, hay, timber berths, livestock, sawmill, buggy, Indian debts, brands, 1899-1907
M-1788-21Correspondence re Indian problems, available land, Indian employment, Dominion exhibition, masonic fair, Indian names for CPR, drugs, Joseph Villebrun, livestock, hail insurance, equipment, 1903-1909
M-1788-22Correspondence re health care of Indians, Indian problems, livestock, hay, quarantine regulations, Indian employment, coal, brands, bridge across St. Mary's River, 1902-1903
M-1788-23Correspondence re crops, Indian employment, books, hay, livestock, coal, rations, sun dance, schools, road surveys, posts, fire damage, well drilling, lumber, 1902
M-1788-24Correspondence re livestock, roads, coal, scout's pay, posts, criminal cases, equipment, annual report, hay, smallpox, brands, land sales, passes, flour, 1901- 1902
M-1788-25Correspondence re livestock, tenders for beef, weeds, smallpox, nuisance ground, Indian curios, clothing, scrip, Indian games, implements, fence along railway, Indian savings, supplies, Governor-General's visit, death of Red Crow, passes, halfbreed commission, custom duties, grass, mail, 1899-1901
M-1788-26-30Vouchers re supplies, 1900-1903
M-1788-31-35Vouchers re supplies, 1903-1904
M-1788-36-39Correspondence re leases, livestock, grazing privileges, hay, Indian accounts, windmills, dipping, branding, posts, skinning of Mexican cattle, timber, bulls, 1903-1916
M-1788-40-44Correspondence re horses on the reserve (purchases, brands, etc.), 1904-1912
M-1788-45-49Diaries, correspondence, etc. re farming operations on the reserve, 1904-1913
M-1788-50Vouchers re supplies and salaries, 1904- 1905
M-1788-51-57Vouchers re supplies, 1904-1905
M-1788-58-60Correspondence re legal cases involving Indians, depositions, boundaries of judicial districts, oaths of office, separation of married Indians, sun dance camp, employment of Indians, duties of Justices of the Peace, 1905-1910
M-1788-61-64Correspondence re leases, grazing on the reserve, brands, stray animals, leases, trail surveys, surveys of the reserve, coal mining, timber berths, petroleum exploration on the reserve, St. Mary's River power project, roads, bridges, weeds, 1906- 1917
M-1788-65-68Vouchers re supplies, 1907-1908
M-1788-69-73Correspondence re supplies, 1909-1912
M-1788-74-78Correspondence re supplies and accounts, 1909- 1914
M-1788-79-82Vouchers re supplies, 1910
M-1788-83-87Correspondence re machinery and farming operations, Indian accounts, supplies, employment on the reserve, 1908-1912
M-1788-88-91Vouchers re supplies and accounts, 1911- 1922
M-1788-92-96Correspondence re Indian accounts, 1912- 1915
M-1788-97Correspondence re Lord's Day Act, USA Indian regulations, ex-pupils, new farm, Tom Three Persons, grazing leases, items given to the Duke of Connaught, cattle sales, farming operations, old people's home, liquor traffic, accounts, petroleum and gas on reserves, planting trees, 1912-1915
M-1788-98Correspondence re Indian celebrations, construction activities, saddles, Macleod Agricultural Society, prizes, school on the reserve, sun dance, animal specimens, mine leases, employment on the reserve, coffins, accounts, bridges, service in WWI, supplies, strays, safe, tuberculosis, brands, maps, marriage of Indians, crops, teacher, machinery, travelling shows, passes, scrap iron, 1912-1915
M-1788-99Correspondence re accounts, trapping on the reserve, supplies, dumping on the reserve, flag, medical attendant, Tom Three Persons, Winnipeg Stampede, livestock, Indian artifacts, Calgary Stampede, telephone lines, grain competitions, train rates, employment on the reserve, stolen necklace, land titles, employment of Indians, schooling on the reserve, 1912- 1914
M-1788-100Correspondence re pass, drug list, cheque book, Indian service in WWI, telephone line, accounts, football match, theft of dog, big game licence, flag, boundaries, Indian attendance at fairs and exhibitions, employment on the reserve, book binding, farm operations, lumber, diaries, resignation of R.N. Wilson, agricultural exhibition, 1910- 1914
M-1788-101Correspondence re horse shoeing, accounts, employment on the reserve, lumber, train rates, farm work, 1908-1912
M-1788-102-106Vouchers re supplies, 1914-1916
M-1788-107-110Correspondence re horses on the reserve, 1914- 1918
M-1788-111-113Correspondence re accounts, supplies, employment, farm operations, 1918-1921
M-1788-114-115Farm issue lists re livestock, 1914- 1918
M-1788-116-118Correspondence re Indian accounts, 1915- 1918
M-1788-119Correspondence re Indian accounts, stationery, schools, livestock, hay, roads, insurance, hunting on the reserve, Indian artifacts, clerk's quarters, nursing staff, government property inventory, census, employment on the reserve, health conditions, pensions, investments, court case, grasshoppers, coal mines, Mrs. John George Brown, wife of Red Crow, monument for Red Crow, 1920-1921
M-1788-120Correspondence re accounts, employment, beaver trapping, Indian artifacts, pensions, stranded Indian livestock, hunting permit, soldier settlement, telephone, records of births, deaths and marriages, timber, shooting on the reserve, reception of the Prince of Wales, hay, hospital bills, 1919-1920
M-1788-121Correspondence re permit to cross reserve, pensions, ex- pupils, equipment, coal production, bones, accounts, soldier settlement, training of students, enlistments in WWI, lantern slides, nurses, hay, leave from jail, land deals, Indian property, meat for Macleod Fair, will, war registration, Blind Soldiers fund, Red Cross, 1918-1919
M-1788-122Correspondence re desertion of soldiers, Red Cross, photos of Indians, missing Indians, provision for soldiers' families, supplies, accounts, weeds, military service, pensions, sports day, brands, patriotic fund, 1917-1918
M-1788-123Correspondence re Blind Soldiers and Sailors Funds, desertion of soldiers, military service, patriotic fund, accounts, fair, loans to ex-pupils, pensions, 1916- 1917
M-1788-124-126Invoices re Indian orders, 1918-1921
M-1788-127Correspondence re supplies, 1923
M-1788-128Correspondence re supplies, accounts, nurse, cattle, machinery, Regina Exhibition, Indian artifacts, Calgary Exhibition, 1923-1924
M-1788-129Correspondence re bulls, employees, inspections, audits, leases, 1922-1924
M-1788-130-131Correspondence re leases, 1922-1924
M-1788-132-136Vouchers re supplies, 1925-1927
M-1788-137-141Vouchers re supplies, 1927-1928
M-1788-142-144Correspondence re legal cases involving Blood Indians, 1929-1930
M-1788-145Correspondence re oil leases on the reserve, 1930
M-1788-146-148Oil leases re land on the reserve, 1930
M-1788-149Correspondence re oil leases on the reserve, 1930
M-1788-150-152Correspondence re legal cases involving Blood Indians, 1930-1931
M-1788-153-157Correspondence re Blood Indian hospital (supplies, etc.), 1930-1931
M-1788-158-162Correspondence re legal cases involving Blood Indians, 1936-1939
M-1788-163-167Correspondence re Indian accounts, 1928- 1934
M-1788-168-172Correspondence re Blood Indian hospital (supplies, etc.), 1931-1933
M-1788-173-177Correspondence re legal cases involving Blood Indians, 1933-1934
M-1788-178-182Vouchers re supplies, 1932-1934
M-1788-183-194Correspondence re legal cases involving Blood Indians, 1934-1941
M-1788-195Return of employees on the Blood reserve, 1905- 1923
M-1788-196Correspondence re cattle, 1902
M-1788-197Correspondence re Indian visit, visit of Duke of Connaught, museum material, illness, participation in fairs, death of Indian, rations for scouts, chief to succeed Red Crow, 1900-1908
M-1788-198Invoices re supplies, 1901-1904
M-1788-199Correspondence re farm operations, crimes involving Blood Indians, coal, livestock, deputation of chiefs, employment on the reserve, accounts, 1906- 1914
M-1788-200Invoices re supplies, 1904-1905
M-1788-201Invoices re supplies, 1906-1909
M-1788-202Correspondence re leases, supplies, 1908- 1913
M-1788-203Invoices re supplies, equipment, 1910-1911
M-1788-204Correspondence re employment on the reserve, farming operations, machinery, 1910-1911
M-1788-205Memo re work done by Indians, 1912
M-1788-206Vouchers re supplies, wolf bounties, 1912- 1914
M-1788-207Correspondence re participation in shows, Tom Three Persons, machinery, flag, 1911-1915
M-1788-208Vouchers, invoices re supplies, 1917-1923
M-1788-209Correspondence re family history, Charcoal's widow, adopted Indian girl, museum artifacts, supplies, recipes, calendar picture, Montana Superintendent's Association of U.S. Indian Service, tipi rings, 1934-1944
M-1789 Three volumes of treaty paylists, including the band members, names, arrears, annuity, amount paid, remarks, deaths and births for these bands: Crop Ear Wolf, Wolf Bull, Running Crane, Many Dust, One Spot, Old Moon, Running Wolf, Eagle Rib, Heavy Shield, Bull Horn, Many White Horses, Running Antelope and Bull Shield, 1900, 1905, 1907
M-1813 One volume listing Blood people by bands, 1902
M-1826-(3-4) Two volumes of treaty paylists, 1919-1920
M-1829-1 Treaty paylist, 1887 Scanned Document View now.
M-2785 Poster for RNWMP hay tenders, posted on the Blood reserve, calling for specified quantities of hay for detachments in southern Alberta, 1905
M-4792 Journal of the Indian Agent clerk, 1885
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