paper, ink, wax

10 doodemag, 2 red seals

Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Beausoleil Band of Ojibway Indians resident on Christian Island, in Georgian Bay have surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria a parcel of land situated on Christian Island being composed of part of the south-easterly point of the island called the Christian Island, containing 25 and 3/4 acres. The money received from the sale of the land be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such an investment shall be paid to the Indians annually or semi-annually.

Witnesses:

Allan Salt, Weslayan Missionary

W.R. Bartlett, Vist. Supt. Commr. Ind. Affairs

First Nations Signatories:

John Assance, Chief

James Assance, Chief

Wm. Assance, Councillor

John Monague, Councillor

Asa Nawaqgezhig

Benjamin Yellowhead

Luke Sky

Jonas Monage

Joseph Shokan

Thomas Sky

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 276-277.

26 June 1866, Christian Island Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 254, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3236, accessed [date]).

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).