The Indian agents of Fort Chipewyan: bureaucrats in isolation

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Donald B.
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Patrick Niven
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dc.date.accessioned2005-08-05T16:29:09Z
dc.date.available2005-08-05T16:29:09Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 121-135.en
dc.description.abstractUntil 1969, Indian agents in Canada formed the strongest link between the Indian Affairs Department, or Branch, and the status Indians of the country. They have received little specific scholarly attention , however. This thesis is a case study of the role played by the Indian agents in the northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan. The first three agents, resident in the settlement from 1932 to 1943 collectively, were physicians first, and Indian agents second. Jack Stewart, a Cree-speaking former fur trader, took over the agency in 1944, and soon assumed a strong leadership role in the community . Whatever their administrative styles, all of the agents shared local autonomy from the political side of Indian Affairs, a desire to see the Amerindians stay independent on their traplines, and, unfortunately, powerlessness in the face of the economic and social forces that would rob the Indians of their way of life.
dc.format.extentviii, 135 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationMackenzie, P. N. (1993). The Indian agents of Fort Chipewyan: bureaucrats in isolation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18443en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/18443
dc.identifier.isbn0315832061en
dc.identifier.lccE 92 M26 1993en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/30709
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccE 92 M26 1993en
dc.subject.lcshIndian agents - Alberta - Fort Chipewyan
dc.subject.lcshFort Chipewyan (Alta.) - History
dc.titleThe Indian agents of Fort Chipewyan: bureaucrats in isolation
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 882 520535201
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