111. RG 16 Agriculture and Food.
980 linear feet.
BACKGROUND.
In the years following the War of 1812, Christian missionaries
and government officials tried to persuade the Indigenous
population of what is now Ontario to take up agriculture
on the European model. Though some more northerly groups,
such as the Ojibwa of Parry Island in Georgian Bay, did
adapt to this style of agriculture, the most successful
Aboriginal farmers were people like the Six Nations Iroquois,
who had been raising such crops as corn, beans and squash
for centuries before the Europeans arrived.
CONTENT.
Except for the Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development
Branch (ARDA) series listed below, there is little material
of interest in this Record Group. Programs targeted specifically
at Aboriginal farmers are a federal responsibility. The
Finding Aid discloses only the following files:
Series 16-09. Office of the Deputy Minister. Office Files.
- 1925-1971. - 109.75 linear feet (269 Boxes).
Box 290. Departments. Indian Affairs 1968 (1
file)
Series 16-13. Deputy Minister's Office. Files on Associations,
Committees, Councils, and Institutions. - 1966-1980. - 10.5
linear feet (32 Boxes).
Box 12 File 12.7 and Box 13 File 13.1. Native
Affairs, Inter-Ministerial Committee 1974-1978
FINDING AID.
Yes. See the RG 16 Inventory, especially Appendix 4 for
Series 16-09 and Appendix 56 for Series 16-13.
MICROFILM VERSION AVAILABLE? None.
ACCESS.
Files listed above are closed under the FOI/P Act.
112. RG 16 Series 16-172.
Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Branch.
General Correspondence. - 1962-1968. - 8.5 linear feet (28
Boxes).
BACKGROUND.
This Branch administers the Agricultural Rehabilitation
and Development Agreement (ARDA), which is a joint federal-provincial
program. Because Aboriginal affairs are a federal responsibility,
applications to the Province of Ontario for ARDA assistance
were negotiated on a 5-yearly basis.
CONTENT.
One box in this series consists entirely of Indian proposals.
The files include the following:
Series 16-172. General Correspondence. Box 16 (Indian proposals)
File 16.01. Cape Croker Indian Reservation-Furniture
factory 1965.
Contains some correspondence from the provincial executive
committee for Indians in the 1960s.
File 16.04. Parry Sound District - Carling Peace Gardens
1963-1969.
Proposal from several members of the Shawanaga First
Nation Band and a Bahai clergyman from Nobel, Ontario
for a peace garden in honour of Deganawida, Jesus Christ,
and Baha'u'ulla.
FINDING AID.
See the RG 16 Inventory, Appendix 50.
MICROFILM VERSION AVAILABLE? None.
ACCESS. Subject to FOI/P Act restrictions. |
