parchment, ink, orange pencil

Description of Report:

Three Chippewa families were permanent settlers on the Anderdon Reserve in 1839, and they were residing upon a tract measuring 300 acres. In 1846, Superintendent Clench requested that they remove to the Chippewa settlement on Walpole Island. They consented on the condition that their former lands would be sold and the proceeds put toward assisting them in their new homes. The land was sold to Joseph Ward, who's payment was never accounted for. The Chippewa families suffered greatly from this lack of the promised funds, and have been unable to cultivate their lands.

No date, but accompanies surrender of 1848

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 239-240.

18 January 1848, Evidence Accompanying Chippewa Land Surrender Document, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT243, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3323, 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).