Summary
The first reserve land surveys in the Northwest Territories were conducted for bands in the Touchwood Hills-Crooked Lakes district of Assiniboia.
Implications
Preparation and the settlement of the west would result in conflict with Indigenous groups, and national policies that would target Indigenous peoples, attempting to assimilate them into Euro-Canadian society.
Sources
Report of William Wagner, Dominion Land Surveyor, January 1876, PAC RG-10 Vol. 3362, f. 6418.
Date
1876-00-00