Minutes of the conference of Duncan C Scott
Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs,
Chief Inspector of Indian Agents W.E. Ditchburn,
and the Executive Committee of the Allied Indian
Tribes of British Columbia to discuss aboriginal
title
Volume covers a variety of topics including, 1863
reserve leases, lists of reserves in the railway belt,
files related to the McKenna-McBride Commission,
copies of papers related to BC Land case 1 & 2,
Historic sketches on BC Indian Affairs by G.M.
Matheson, regstrar of Department of Indian Affairs
1934-34
Minutes of Decision and sketches P. O. Reilly, A.W.
Vowell True Copy. Companion for volume 19.
reflects all MOD for both commissioners during this
time.
Minutes of Decision and sketches G.M. Sproat. True Copy. Four sets of MOD are in this volume, most of which have not been located in other federal material.
Surveyor's Copy of Minutes of Decision & Sketches JIRC Allotments - Surveyor Edward Mohun. All MOD are copies made for use in the field. Some of his copies have subtle differences. Only a few of the MOD or maps are dated.
Minutes of Decision, correspondence, and sketches
A.W. Vowell. Vowell's practice of submitting field
notes before MOD differed from O'Reilly.
Correspondence is more inter-related than other
volumes.
Minutes of Decision, correspondence, and sketches
P. O Reilly. O'Reilly March 31, 1898 and his duties
assumed by Vowell. There is numerous correspondence acknowledging receipt or transmittal of letters.
Minutes of Decision, correspondence, and sketches P. O. Reilly. This volume is arranged from the latest date to the earliest date as was the original. There aregaps in correspondence from Feb 1894-Oct 1894 and from Dec 1893-Feb 1894. Powell retires and is
replaced by Vowell in 1890. There is some
correspondence regarding reserves that Sproat
allotted prior to the establishment of the railway belt.
Minutes of Decision, correspondence, and sketches P. O. Reilly. Within this volume are the first correspondence with A.W. Vowell as BC Indian Superintendent after Powell. Portions of some MOD and/or sketches are missing.
The PDF document below includes links to photographic images related to the Commission which are held in the BC Archives. Any reproductions or permissions to publish or display these images must be obtained directly from the BC Archives.
This binder contains the work of A.W. Vowell. Box 6 of the original collection contains only the work of Vowell, During his tenure as Indian Reserve Commissioner, Vowell was also the Indian Superintendent The two positions were given to Vowell upon the retirement of O'Reilly.
This binder continues with the work of O'Reilly as Indian Reserve Commissioner up to his retirement in March 1898. After that date, A.W. Vowell acts as Indian Superintendent and Indian Reserve Commissioner. O'Reilly's last submission of Minutes of decision appears to be those for the Douglas Indians dated October 12,1897 [Corr. No. 6317/98].
