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Title: |
Plan for Settlement of Half-Breeds in a Colony |
Creator: |
Government of Alberta |
Subject: |
Métis, Colonies, Settlements, Alberta, Lac La Biche, Brady, James |
Description: |
This document contains details from the Government of Alberta report “Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Investigate the Conditions of the Half-Breed Population of Alberta” (1936). Included in the document are: general conclusions, models to emulate from the United States and Paraguay, failings in the process to establish the colonies, economic requirements and the process to establish a Métis colony in Lac La Biche. This document is part of the James Brady Papers, which were donated to the Gabriel Dumont Institute in the 1990s by author and activist, Murray Dobbin. Dobbin used this collection to write his book about James Brady and Malcolm Norris entitled “The One-And-A-Half Men: The Story of Jim Brady & Malcolm Norris, Metis Patriots of the 20th Century”. Transcribed by David Morin and edited by Christine Charmbury and Darren R. Préfontaine. This document has been re-transcribed from the original and includes all spelling and grammatical errors. |
Publisher: |
Gabriel Dumont Institute |
Date: |
1930s |
Type: |
Text Document |
Language: |
English |
Date of Copyright: |
October 22, 2004 |
Coverage: |
Alberta |
GDI Media Location: |
Brady Papers - VM Final |
GDI Media Filename: |
Halfbreed.Colony.Settlement.pdf |