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Provisional agreement by the Mississauga Nation to surrender 648,000 acres to the British in the Home District in consideration of a yearly sum of 522 pounds 10 shillings currency in goods.

A covering letter accompanying the provisional agreement between the Nawash and Caughnawaga Indians, issued for the approval of the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. See IT200 - Surrender

A copy of the two surrenders of islands and mainland by two separate tribes of Mississagua Indians and the resulting Order in Council passed which approved the land cessions.

Provisional agreement to surrender 1.5 million acres of land in Southern Ontario. Land surrendered to the British by the Chippewa Nation for 1200 pounds currency in goods to be paid yearly.

Surrender of land on Christian Island to be sold for the benefit of the Indians. 10 acres of land will be utilized in conjunction with the adjacent lighthouse. See IT188 - Original Surrender, IT189 - Duplicate Surrender, IT190 - Listing of Islands, IT191 - Report

A report of the Executive Council regarding the Mississauga Surrender of islands and other lands in Rice Lake (Mississauga's of Rice and Mud Lakes) and the Bay of Quinte (Mississauga's of Alnwick). The Committee recommends that the surrenders by accepted, minding a major stipulation in

The relative is a pwaagan, a pipe, dating to before 1830. It is believed to be from the Great Lakes region and has a fire-blackened wooden stem, a stone bowl with raised grooves or "flanges". A group of five eagle feathers hang in a fan

An order in council recommending that proposed changes to the Saugeen Reserve and Cape Crocker Reserve be effected. See IT178 - Surrender, IT179 - Order in Council of 3 February 1855.

Acceptance of the recommendations that the Saugeen Peninsula land surrender by the Chippewa Nation be accepted and recorded in the records of the Crown Lands and Provincial Registrar. See IT178 - Surrender, IT180 - Order in Council of 27 September 1855.

Painted hide pouch with woven porcupine quill work and metal cone adornment. The zigzag motif is strongly represented and well constructed. Possibly Huron-Wendat.

Condensed version of deed of surrender by R. and B. Rogers to Queen Victoria. In consideration of the sum of 906 pounds and 10 shillings, Reynold Rogers and Benjamin Rogers have surrendered unto Her Majesty a parcel of land located in the Township of Townsend

A copy of an agreement in which the Ojibewa of the River St. Clair surrendered to Her Majesty the Queen, a tract of land along said river measuring approximately 2,675 acres. The land is to be held in trust by Her Majesty, and disposed of

This manuscript is a property grant from the Cheifs of the Potawatami Nation of Detroit to Robert Navarre dated May 26, 1771. The deed describes the location of the property by the old village of Robiche and is signed using totemic signatures/clan emblems of the

A single moccasin with inset U-shaped vamp and stylized floral moose hair embroidery (instead of porcupine quills as written on catalogue card); probably made by Huron-Wendat for the tourist market; gift of Mrs. Kuhnert

A pair of child's moccasins with inset U-shaped vamp and floral (raised) beadwork; probably made for the tourist market

Bone rattle or soundmaker strung on cotton string. Collected by Dr. Oronhyatekha; acquired by the ROM in 1911 from the Independent Order of Foresters.

Photograph of a young Lewis Debassige at Ken McNary's camp, in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, 1956. Taken by Lazare Debassige, Lewis's father.

An incomplete listing of lots and concessions surrendered by the Huron or Wyandott Indians to the Crown. See IT114 - Original Surrender

The fan is made of a gauze basis streched over a frame of wire with attached feathers and a birch bark handle; the handle is decorated with moose hair embroidery on both sides in floral and anthropomorphic style and with a stuffed bird (sparrow?) with