"Infamous proposal:" prairie Indian reserve land and soldier settlement after World War I.

From: Manitoba History | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Sarah Carter

Department of History

University of Calgary

The Soldier Settlement Board (SSB) acquired over 85,000 acres of Indian reserve land in Western Canada for non-Aboriginal soldier settlement in the years immediately after World War I, constituting a significant erosion of the lands remaining to Aboriginal people. The federal government, through the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA), initiated and vigorously pursued the process of reserve land diminishment for non-Aboriginal soldier settlement, clearly acting to the detriment of the communities whose interests ...

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