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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Saddle Lake Indian Agency
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The responsibility for Indian affairs in Canada has rested with the British Government, various colonial administrations and, since Confederation, with several branches and departments of the federal government. The Department of Indian Affairs and its predecessors have been responsible for such matters as treaties, reserves, provision of education, and supervision of agriculture on reserves. For a detailed administrative history see Records Relating to Indian Affairs (RG 10) / Peter Gillis et al. - Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1975. The Saddle Lake Indian Agency, situated west and northwest of St. Paul, Alberta in the Treaty 6 region, consisted of the Cree reserves of Saddle Lake, Whitefish Lake and Beaver Lake. The Indian agent ca. 1923 was John E. Pugh.