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A report submitted by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs for ratification in regards to a surrender of land to the Crown from the Chiefs of the Newash Band of Chippewa Indians residing at Owen Sound. The Indians wish to surrender 10,000 acres of land located on the Westerly side of Owen Sound, if conditions set for in the deed are met. The Committee subsequently recommends that the surrender be accepted and enrolled in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Signatories:

William H. Lee, C.E.C.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 214-215.

18 February 1857, Order in Council Regarding Newash Reserve Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 209, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3190, 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).