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ARCHIVAL SOURCES
- Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC)
- W.D. and R.S. Wallis Papers
- Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC)
- David G. Mandelbaum Field Notes
- Glenbow Archives (GA)
- Blood Agency Correspondence
- Canadian Census Records
- Esther Goldfrank Papers
- Lucien and Jane Hanks Fonds
- H.W. McGill Papers
- R.N. Wilson Fonds
- W.M. Graham Papers
- Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA)
- Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
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- Department of Indian Affairs, RG 10
- Department of Immigration, RG 76
- Department of the Interior, RG 15
- Department of Justice, RG 13
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- Provincial Archives of Manitoba (PAM)
- Church Missionary Society Collection
- Saskatchewan Archives Board (SAB)
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- Homestead Files
- University of Calgary Archives (UCA)
- Anglican Diocese of Calgary, Synod Office Records
NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS
- The Calgary Herald
- The Calgary Tribune
- Canada Lancet
- Canadian Churchman
- Edmonton Bulletin
- The Evening Capital (Saskatoon)
- The Far West
- The Gazette (Fort Macleod)
- The Globe and Mail
- The Imperial Colonist
- The Leader (Regina)
- Lethbridge Daily Herald Lethbridge News
- The Methodist Magazine and Review
- The Missionary Review of the World
- Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette
- Moose Jaw Times
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- Saskatchewan Herald (Battleford)
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JURISPRUDENCE
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