00000nam 22000008a 4500 9.851296 CaOODSP 20221107154341 cr ||||||||||| 180207s1986 onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R32-394/1986E-PDF Robinson-Superior claims [electronic resource] : draft historical report. Draft [Ottawa?] : [Indian and Northern Affairs Canada?], 1986. 420 p. "June 1986." Title from cover. Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "Until 1830 the Imperial government's policy to Indians was directed towards securing their collarboration in time of war. In consequence, the duties of the successive superintendants of the Indian Department - who had military rank and received the same pay and allowances as their counterparts in the regular army - were confined "principally to the conveying of presents to the Indians and attending at the different stations where they assembled to receive them" with military pomp and display. After 1830, however, when the emphasis of policy changed to "civilizing" the Indians by encouraging settlement and agricultural pursuits, the practice of distributing presents came under periodic scrutiny"--Introduction, p. 1. gccst Indians gccst Land claims gccst Canadian history Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 12.73 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R32-394-1986-eng.pdf