Showing posts with label 1921. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1921. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Deskaheh gets sympathetic press on London visit

"The Rights of the Six Nations," Canada [illustrated weekly, London, UK], 27 Aug. 1921. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, vol. 2284, file 57,149-3.


Six Nations Council delegation meets D.C. Scott and J.C. Harold, 20 June 1921

Minutes of meeting between D.C. Scott, J.C. Harold MP, and Six nations delegation headed by David S. Hill, 20 June 1921. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, vol. 2284, file 57,149-1.











Local MP describes talks with Six Nations, 16 June 1921

JC Harold MP (Liberal Unionist, Brant, 1917-21) to D.C. Scott, 16 June 1921. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, vol. 2284, file 57,149-1.




Indian Affairs rejects Six Nations petition, 11 June 1921

Duncan Campbell Scott, Indian Affairs, letter to David S. Hill, Six Nations Council, 11 June 1921. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, vol. 2284, file 57,149-1.








Duncan Campbell Scott reacts to Six Nations hiring an American lawyer, 21 April 1921

Duncan Campbell Scott to Indian Agent Gordon Smith, 21 April 1921. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, vol. 2284, file 57,149-1. 



Saturday, 24 May 2014

Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill rejects Six Nations petition, 23 Sept. 1921

Winston Churchill, Secretary of Stat for the Colonies, to Governor-General of Canada, 23 Sept. 1921. First page handwritten transcript (not by Churchill). Second page begins re-typed version. Source: Decker papers.

Deskaheh to PM David Lloyd George, 19 Aug. 1921. Source: George Decker papers, St. John Fisher University Archives.


Deskaheh to a British supporter, 18 Aug. 1921

Deskaheh to Lady Astor, 18 Aug. 1921. Source: George Decker papers, St. John Fisher University Archives.