Evidence given by Camoose Bottle, aged 71, including an account of the taking of Treaty #7 following a deterioration in
Indian life after introduction of alcohol; allocation of lands to various tribes and later loss of part of the Blood Reserve.
Description:
6 p. transcript of an interview with Camoose Bottle, conducted by Harry Shade and Mike Devine on October 24, 1973. Tape number IH-AA.227, transcript disc 25.
Hickey, Lynne(Canadian Plains Research Centre, 1975)
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt ...
Hickey, Lynn(Canadian Plains Research Centre, 1976)
A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.
Rain, Louis(Canadian Plains Research Centre, 1974-04-10)
This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area were
anxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.
