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Treaty days : reflections of an Indian commissioner / by William M. Graham ; with introduction by James Dempsey.

Title: Treaty days : reflections of an Indian commissioner / by William M. Graham ; with introduction by James Dempsey.
Author: Graham, William M. (William Morris), 1867-1939.
Publication: Calgary, Alta., Canada : Glenbow Museum, 1991.

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xxxi, 125 p. : ill; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

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Biographies
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

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

ISBN

0919224938

LCCN

^^^91171609^

OCLC

23949022
SCSB-11985425

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Harvard Library