William Okeymaw interview 1
Date
1975-03-27
Authors
Okeymaw, William
Lightning, Richard
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations. He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promises made; the role of the missionaries; talks of some of the Indian agents; and the abundance of buffalo in Lesser Slave Lake area at one time.
Description
7 p. transcript of an interview with William Okeymaw, conducted by Richard Lightning on March 27, 1975. Tape number IH-315, transcript disc 26.
Keywords
Buffalo -- Range of, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Indian agents, Missionaries -- Attitudes toward, Missionaries -- Influence of, Reserves -- Expansion of, Slavey Indians -- Movement of, Trade -- Money, Introduction of, Trade -- Practices, Treaties -- Treaty status, Treaty #8 -- Interpretation of, Treaty #8 -- Taking of, Values -- Honesty, Warfare, Intertribal, Ferguson, Daniel, Holmes, Rev., Key No Say Oo, L'Heureux, N.P. (Indian Agent), Lacombe, Father Albert, Laird, Harold (Indian Agent), Lapp, G. S. (Indian Agent), Mustus, Tate, Albert