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Johnny Callihoo fonds
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12.5 cm of textual records
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Johnny Callihoo, 1882-1957, was born on the Michel reserve (50 km north of Edmonton, Alberta) of Iroquois-Cree extraction. He worked as a freighter in northern Alberta, and later farmed. He was very active in lobbying for First Nations rights, and in 1937 became the president of the League of Alberta Indians. In 1939 the group was reorganized under his leadership as the Indian Association of Alberta, and became one of the most influential First Nations groups in Canada. In 1947 he led an IAA delegation to Ottawa to appear before the Joint Committee of the Senate and Commons on Indian Affairs. He retired later the same year.
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The Indian Association of Alberta held its first meeting at Wabamun on July 28, 1939, with delegates present from eleven reserves. The group grew out of the earlier League of Indians of Alberta. By 1945 IAA had locals on most Alberta reserves, and it developed into one of the most influential Indian groups in Canada. It sent delegations to the Joint Committee of the Senate and Commons on Indian Affairs in 1947 and 1960, and has been directly involved in obtaining revisions to the Indian Act, improved health and educational facilities, and other services for Alberta Indians. For further information see Laurie Meijer Drees "History of the Indian Association of Alberta, 1939-1959". -- unpublished PhD thesis, University of Calgary, 1997; and The Indian Association of Alberta : A History of Political Action. -- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2002.
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The fonds consists of records related to the Indian Association of Alberta, the Michel band, and other First Nations organizations including the League of Indians, Friends of the Indians Society, Union of Saskatchewan Indians, and Indian Association of America. Includes correspondence with Malcolm F. Norris, Joe Dion, John Laurie, Dr. Barnabas S'Hiuhushu, and many IAA members.
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Gift of Hugh A. Dempsey, 2005.
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http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/callihoo.cfm
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Record No. M 9077<br><br>
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- Callihoo, Johnny (Subject)
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