Lawrence Cook

Date
1976-08-18
Authors
Cook, Lawrence
Dobbin, Murray
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

Lawrence Cook knew Jim Brady in 1949/50. He talks about the CCF government policies and how the people reacted to them, the Legion, and the various Co-op efforts that were tried in Cumberland. He is the only informant to talk about efforts by Brady to organize a Metis Association in Cumberland in 1949.

Description
24 p. transcript of an interview with Lawrence Cook conducted by Murray Dobbin on August 18, 1976. Tape number IH-363, transcript disc 75.
Keywords
Depression (1930s), Fishing -- Commercial, Fishing -- Regulations, Fur trade -- Modern, Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) -- Monopolization by, Hunting -- Regulations, Hunting -- Rights, Indian-Provincial government relations -- Saskatchewan, Metis -- Indian nations, relations with, Metis -- Political organization, Political parties -- CCF/NDP, Political parties -- Liberal, Trade -- Cooperatives, Trade -- Government stores, Trade -- Marketing boards, Work -- Job creation, Work -- Welfare, World War II -- Canadian Legion, Brady, James (Jim), Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, Norris, Malcolm, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Sinclair, Jim
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