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Chief Nicholas Papate, Simon Lake (via Maniwaki] to T.R.L. MacInnes, Secretary, Indian Affairs Branch

item21 Aug 1940F2165-f54-1117

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Dates
21 Aug 1940 (indexed as 1940)
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Extent
1 item of textual record
Scope & content
Letter: regarding Grand Lake Victoria Indian Hunting Reserve, stating that road has been built and that he was told "that white people can reserve 10 miles on each side of this road. and as I understand the 6300 square miles that was reserved was proposedly [sic] only for my people, where live [sic] as Chief." Stating that he would like to be reassured that no White man can claim these ten mile strips on either side of highway, and that Indians want to make their living from the reserve as they have no other way to make a living than to hunt. Asking that Dept. speak for them to Government of Quebec as to laws made in this matter.
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