Abbott, Frederick H.

The Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada. Report of an Investigation Made in 1914 under the Direction of the Board of Indian Commissioners.

Washington, D.C.: [Board of Indian Commissioners], 1915. Original Wraps 8vo., pp. 148, 40 photographs on plates, blank forms (pp. 96-end), original paper wraps. Edges dust soiled and lightly scuffed, minor stains else very good. An extensive study by the Secretary of the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners who spent seven weeks, Aug-Oct, 1914, visiting agencies, reserves and boarding, industrial and day schools from Quebec to Alberta; contains excellent clear photographs of schools, housing, farms and missions and inhabitants; the 53-pages of blank forms give a vivid picture of the nuts and bolts of the administration, from the surrender of reserve land, admission to residential school, permit to sell horses, summons to a witness / to a defendant, record of crops, &c. Fulsome praise is given to Duncan Campbell Scott, Deputy Superintendant General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa for his co-operation, &c.

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