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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs: McKenna-McBride Royal Commission The McKenna-McBride Royal Commission had a significant impact on Indian peoples’ reserve land base by adding to, reducing and eliminating reserves throughout the province.
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Background to the McKenna-McBride Commission...
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The provincial and federal governments continued their wrangling over the issue of Indian title. (These rights are defined as those property rights which affix to native peoples by virtue of their occupation of certain lands from time immemorial.) In 1913, a Royal Commission called the McKenna-McBride Commission was...
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Digital ed. (Vancouver, BC: Union of BC Indian Chiefs, 2000). Known as the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916), the four-volume final report, originally published in 1916, contains minutes of decision affecting Indian reserve lands.
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The Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (commonly known as the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission) was a Royal Commission established in 1912 to resolve the "Indian reserve question" in British Columbia.
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This is an incomplete list of Royal Commissions appointed by the Sovereign in Right of Canada. Royal Commissions have been held in Canada since Confederation; they usually consist of a panel of experts appointed by the Governor-in-Council to carry out full investigations of specific...
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The result was the McKenna-McBride Agreement in September 1912 to establish a joint Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia.
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Union of BC Indian Chiefs - Newsroom, campaigns, resources, links including access to the "Our Homes are Bleeding" digital collection of primary research documents including the full text of the McKenna McBride Royal Commission.
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The digital collection draws together several types of primary materials. The records of the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913 - 1916) include transcripts of testimonies given to the Commission, photographs and maps.
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Nearly half of the Blackfoot reserve in Alberta was sold, and when the Kainai (Blood) Nation refused to accept the sale of their lands in 1916 and 17, the Department of Indian Affairs held back funding necessary for farming until they relented.[10] In British Columbia, the McKenna-McBride Royal Commission was created in...
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