Bond Head's 70 Snow Seasons Surrender

Bond Head's 70 Snow Seasons Surrender

Bond Head's 70 Snow Seasons Surrender

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Introduction

Bond Heads call to relinquish all English, Ottawa, and Chippewa claims to Manitoulin Islands and lands on North shore of Lake Huron so that these lands are available to be given to Indians by the King.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation relinquishing claim to land

Place of Origin: Manitowaning, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1836-08-09
Seasonal time
English: Summer
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

parchment, ink, wax, ribbons

Motifs and Patterns

14 doodemag, 1 Crown seal

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

A provisional agreement for the surrender of the Manitoulin Islands and the Islands on the North shore of Lake Huron, and also of the Sauking Territory (all Islands on the north shore of Lake Huron claimed by the English, the Ottawas, and the Chippewas). These lands are to be freed of their respective claims in order that the King can provide them to eligible Indians for their residence.

First Nation’s Signatories:

F.B. Head

J.B. Assekinack

Mokommunish

Tawackkuck

Kimewen

Kitchemokomon

Pesciatawick

Paimausegai

Nainawmuttebe

Mosuneko

Kewuckance

Shawenauseway

Espaniole

Snake

Pautunseway

Paimauqumestcam

Wagemauquin

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: torn, worn, brittle, piece restored by conservation
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 120
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 112-113.

GKS Reference Number: 1484
How to Cite this Item

9 August 1836, Bond Head's 70 Snow Seasons Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 120, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2865, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Approximate Place of Origin

45.7364, -81.8031

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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