Links to Land Information

Links to early Canadian documents

Please note that since Ancestry.com has taken over the Canadiana history site, you must have a membership to view the document. I'm leaving the links up for those that do have a membership. The links go to the top of each page. You may have to scroll down to find the start of your list

Some of the links are for free google book

Indian Lands

The Treat Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1732

The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Which are dependent on the Province of New-York in America (1747)

Detailed Report Upon all Claims to Land and Right to Participate in the North-West Half_breed Grant by Settlers along the South Saskatchewan and Vicinity west of Range 26, W. 2nd Meridian: Being the Settlements commonly Known as St. Louis de Langevin, St. Laurent or Batoche and Duck Lake 1886, lots of names and locations

Plain Facts: Being an Examination into the rights of the Indian Nations of America to their respective countries, etc. published 1781

Great Britain Colonial Office 1834 extracts from North America including information on land claims as early as 1769

Papers of the War Department (US) Lord Dorchester's reply to the Seven Villages of Lower Canada March 10 1794 (very hard to read)

Farther Observations, on the Discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd about the year 1170, published 1792

Petition of Nicolas Vincent, Lorette for the return of lands allegedly misappropriated by the Jesuits (1819) - lands along the St. Lawrence

Hearings about the petition

The petition as submitted

More on the petition

Lands ceded by certain Tribes for consideration, no annuity paid 1839 - lists tribe, acres, township

Lands ceded for which yearly payments are made 1839 - lists tribe, acres, district

Lands held as Special Reservations in Upper Canada 1839 - lists tribe, acres, township

Land granted to Six Nations Indians 1784 - description of the land granted

List of Squatters who rec'd payment for moving off the Six Nations Indian Reserve 1846 - 1853

List of Eskasouik, Wagamatkook, Cape North, Marguerite and Cheticamp Indians in Nova Scotia - lists head of household and family numbers

Exhaustive Analysis of the Alleged Grievances - of the St. Laurent Settlers - an analysis of the land claims of Louis Riel and his followers and some other native land claimants. Gives many names and how they qualified or not for land. Does not give lots they claimed

List of Claimants to land along both banks of the South Saskatchewan - goes with the above report. Lists names and lots

A report on the various Indian Bands in Canada and how they are progressing 1858. This was accomplished by sending a questionaire designed in 1842 to the Local Superintendents, Missionairies, and Resident Agents of the bands

A report on the condition of the various indian schools - 1879 with the name of the teacher and the Indian Reserve or band the school belongs to

Balance Sheet to 30th June 1878 showing the condition of the INDIAN Fund

Agreements between the Crown and 1st Nations leaders describing the lands ceded for mining near Lakes Huron and Superior, 1850

Memorial of the Chippeway Tribe of Indians of Sarnia and Walpole Island requesting to join two split tribes as they were prior to 1831

Memorial of Gore District Muncipal Council on behalf of settlers on Indian Lands in Tuscarora and Oneida

Memorial of the Chippeway, Pottawatomy and Ottawa Indians of Walpole Island 1869

Copies of the treaties 1871, between the Chippewa and Cree Indians of Manitoba and the Queen

Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories 1880, including negotiations and other information

includes The Selkirk Treaty, 1817, The Robinson Treaties 1850, the Manitoulin Island Treaty, the Stone Fort and Manitoba Post Treaties 1 and 2, North-West Angle Treaty #3, the Qu'Apelle Treaty #4, the Winnipeg Treaty #5, Treaties of Forts Carlton and Pitt, the Blackfeet Treaty #7, and the Sioux in the NWT

Indian treaties and surrenders, from 1680 to 1890 Volume 1 1891

Traditions of the De-coo-dah research into burial mounds in the US, 1852

Copy of treaty and supplementary treaty no. 7 made 22nd Sept. and 4th Dec., 1877, between Her Majesty the Queen and the Blackfeet and other Indian tribes at the Blackfoot crossing of Bow River and Fort McCleod

Page 60, The Mound Builders of the West 1879, short article on burial mounds in county of Lisgar Manitoba

Page 14-481, Indian Women who have commuted their annuity by a ten years' purchase ($50) under Section 11 of the Indian Act Names by Treaty and Band, 1896-97

This report contains lots of information on the bands and the department, starting on Page 14-1

Annual Report Department of Indian Affairs, 2 Sections starting with 5 Year ended 31 December 1882

Annual Report Department of Indian Affairs Year ended 30 June 1897, Section 14

Annual Report Department of Indian Affairs Year ended 30 June 1896, Section 14

Annual Report Department of Indian Affairs Year ended 30 June 1895, Section 14

Annual Report Department of Indian Affairs Year ended 30 June 1894, Section 14

Page 33, Journal of Eduction March 1865 extracts from the "Report on Indian Affairs"

Indian Land Sales Sept 1873 to March 1875 Reel C3988 Image 138 to 403 "

Free Google Books

Settlement of the Township of Hull by Philemon Wright, starts on page 234. Includes his dealings with the Indians in the area and their concern that he was taking their land

Chippewas of Lake Superior dealing with the Treaty of September 30, 1854, Scrip, lists of names 1871

Debates of the House of Commons Canada dealing with land issues 1885

Annual Report Department of the Interior 1879

Part I Page 5 Report of the Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs

Page 74 Report on the British Columbia bands

Page 83 Employees of the department in various provinces

New England Company History of the company including lands granted to them in Canada

The company's Canadian Property Page 65

Six Nations Claims a document published by the Six Nations Council that details their land claims and the history

Sessional Papers of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, Volume 21, Issue 13. Lots of information on various bands, their agriculture, and schools 1887

Indian Act 1876 Chapter 18, page 56 consolidation of previous acts and laws

contains a chapter called Chippewa Half-breeds of Lake Superior which contains information on indivduals and parents.