Cottrell, Michael; Mooney, Elizabeth; Lagimodiere,John & Pelletier,Terrance. A Historical Profile of Western Mackenzie Valley Drainage Basin Area's Mixed Indian European Ancestry Settlement

Document Type: Journal Article
Date of Document(s): 2005
Date Range Start : 1670
Date Range End: 1916
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Cottrell, Michael; Mooney, Elizabeth; Lagimodiere,John & Pelletier,Terrance
Title: A Historical Profile of Western Mackenzie Valley Drainage Basin Area's Mixed Indian European Ancestry Settlement
Publisher Name: Research and Statistics Division Aboriginal Law and Strategic Policy Group
Date of Publication: Aug 2005
Date of Copyright: 2005
Series Editor: Research and Statistics Division Aboriginal Law and Strategic Policy Group
Notes: Discussion Draft, Notes By Mike Evans
Abstract: With the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Powley [2003] 2 S.C.R. Metis were recognized as having an Aboriginal right to hunt for food as recognized under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. In consequence, Justice Canada developed a research program designed to explore the history related to possible Metis ethnogenesis and the imposition of 'effective European control' in selected sites across Canada. Through the use of archival and published documents, this paper explores one of the selected geographic areas; the Western Mackenzie River Drainage Basin area of the Yukon and British Columbia. This study examined the social history, demographic background and interactions between Indians and newcomers in the area, as well as some possible indicators of 'effecetive European control'. A detailed, chronological, historical narrative dating from the late 18th century to early 20th century is presented, along with a discussion surrounding certain concepts utilized in Powley.
Keywords: Land Use, Treaty Eight, St John's Massacre, Babine, Carrier, Tlingit, Beaver, Kaska, Iroquois, Cree, Sekani, Marriage Patterns

Patronyms

  • Baptiste
  • Belcourt
  • Black
  • Boucher
  • Calliou
  • Campbell
  • D'Allaire
  • Faeries
  • Flett
  • Fox
  • Fraser
  • Gauthier
  • Gladu
  • Hamelin
  • Henry
  • Keith
  • Kirkby
  • L'Hirondell
  • La Malice
  • la Montagne
  • La Prise
  • MacKenzie
  • McBean
  • McDougall
  • Paquette
  • Pelletier
  • Smith
  • St.Pierre
  • Sutherland
  • Thomas
  • Thompson

Places

  • Assiniboine River
  • Bear Creek
  • Bear Lake
  • Bear Lake Indian Reserve 1A
  • Beaverlodge
  • Black River
  • Carcross
  • Cassiar Land District
  • Cassiar Mountains
  • Churchill River
  • Connolly Lake
  • Dease Lake
  • Dease River
  • Finlay River
  • Fort Alexander MB
  • Fort Athabasca
  • Fort Chipewyan
  • Fort Connolly (Bear Lake)
  • Fort Dunvegan
  • Fort Frances
  • Fort Grahame BC
  • Fort Halkett
  • Fort Liard
  • Fort MacLeod
  • Fort McMurray
  • Fort McPherson
  • Fort Nelson
  • Fort Simpson
  • Fort St. John
  • Fort Vermilion
  • Forty Mile
  • Francis Lake
  • Fraser River
  • Grand Cache
  • Great Slave Lake
  • Halkett Bay Park
  • Horse Lake
  • Hudson's Hope
  • Hyland River
  • Kechika River
  • Kelly Lake
  • Lac Ste Anne
  • Lapierre House
  • Liard River
  • Lower Post
  • Mackenzie
  • Mackenzie Valley
  • McDame
  • McDame Creek
  • Moberly Lake
  • Muskwa River
  • Nelson River
  • Omineca River
  • Parsnip River
  • Peace River
  • Peel River
  • Pelly Banks
  • Pelly River
  • Porcupine River
  • Portage La Loche
  • Prophet River
  • Rampart House
  • Red River
  • Red River Valley
  • Rocky Mountain House
  • Rocky Mountain Portage
  • Salmon River
  • Simpson Lake
  • Smith River
  • St Mary’s House
  • Stewart Lake
  • Stikine River
  • Stuart Lake
  • Telegraph Creek
  • Trout Lake (BC)
  • Watson Lake
  • Wolverine
  • Yukon River

Subjects

  • Aboriginal
  • Art
  • Babine
  • Carrier (First Nations)
  • Cree
  • Demographics
  • Housing
  • Hunting
  • Identity
  • Iroquois (First Nations)
  • Kaska
  • Land Use
  • Law
  • Marriage/Spousal Relationship
  • Metis Rights
  • Metis Settlement
  • R v Powley
  • Scrip
  • Sekani
  • St John's Massacre
  • Supreme Court of Canada
  • Tlingit (First Nations)
  • Trade
  • Transportation
  • Treaty
  • Treaty No. 8