Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers, 1981-1988.
Collection Number: 9171
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers, 1981-1988.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
9171
Abstract:
Copies of correspondence, news clippings, and other documents pertaining to the Lubicon
Lake Indian Nation's struggle with the Canadian government and various companies who
were seeking to develop traditional Lubicon Cree lands. Press releases, letters, and
articles discuss land claims, economic and social conditions, activism, and legal
fights of the Lubicon Lake Cree Band. A couple of original clippings and magazine
articles are also included. Includes a letter to Chief Bernard Ominayak from Mary
Davis advising him of the collection's existance. Index included.
Creator:
Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Ominayak, Bernard, Chief.
Huntington Free Library
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band has been engaged in negotiations and efforts to
settle their land claim since 1939. The Canadian Provincial Government had allowed
the development of the land by oil companies and other industries which had lasting
effects on the economy and social culture of the Lubicon Lake Band.
Copies of correspondence, news clippings, and other documents pertaining to the Lubicon
Lake Indian Nation's struggle with the Canadian government and various companies who
were seeking to develop traditional Lubicon Cree lands. Press releases, letters, and
articles discuss land claims, economic and social conditions, activism, and legal
fights of the Lubicon Lake Cree Band. A couple of original clippings and magazine
articles are also included. Includes a letter to Chief Bernard Ominayak from Mary
Davis advising him of the collection's existance. Index included.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Lubicon Lake Cree Indian Band papers #9171. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Places:
Lubicon Lake (Alta. : Lake)
Subjects:
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Alcohol use.
Indians of North America -- Canada.
Indians of North America -- Economic conditions.
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Land tenure.
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America -- Politics and government.
Indians of North America -- Social conditions.
Cree Indians.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Printed guide
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Magazines
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Support The Last Stand of the Lubicon
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November 1984 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Equinox
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May/June 1985 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Saturday Night
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February 1988 |
Box 1 | Folder 3-6 |
Items grouped by theme
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Scope and Contents
Each folder contains several groups of items that are related to a common issue. All
the articles are photocopies. Topics include, but not are not limited to, the Lubicon
Lake Cree meeting with the Pope, land claims, boycott of the 1988 Calgary Olympics,
tax records, and others.
The guide does not cover the contents of these folders.
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Box 2 |
Items filed chronologically
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Scope and Contents
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