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Order in Council Recognizing Sarnia Township Land Surrender
Order in Council Recognizing Sarnia Township Land Surrender
Order in Council Recognizing Sarnia Township Land Surrender
Minutes of Executive Council recommending that a deed of surrender by the Chippewa Indians to the Crown be accepted and entered into the records.
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Indian Treaties and Surrenders
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Extract from a report of a Committee of the Executive Council on Land Application:
The Superintendent General of Indian Affairs has transmitted a deed of surrender from the Chippewa Indians of Port Sarnia to Her Majesty the Queen of a tract of land from their reserve adjoining the town plot. The Committee recommended that the surrender be accepted and entered into the records.
Signatories:
William H. Lee, Acting C.E.C.
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 178.
About This GRASAC Record
6 September 1852, Order in Council Recognizing Sarnia Township Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 170, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3125, 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).
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Location where document signed