Great Britain. Indian Department
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Great Britain. British Indian Department
Great Britain. Indian Department in Canada
Great Britain. Indian Dept.
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found: A man of distinction among them, 1999:CIP, p. iv (British Indian Department) p. 316 (Indian Department)
found: The British Indian Department and the frontier in North America, 1775-1830, 1975.
found: LC PreMARC file(hdg.: Great Britain. Indian Dept.)
found: British Library home page, 09-02-98(Indian Department in Canada)
found: Organization of the government of Canada, 1990:p. 246 (The British Indian Dept. wa established in 1755 as the first department set up by the Crown in British North America. In 1860 responsibility for Indian affairs was transferred by the British government to the Government of the Province of Canada)
found: Encyclopedia Canadiana:v. 5 (article under Indian affairs: Indian Dept. first appeared in New York in the 1660's. By 1860 responsibility for Indian affairs was transferred to the Canadian government and vested in the Crown Lands Dept.)
notfound: NLC 4/25/89 (Canada. Crown Lands Dept.; pre-confederation body of the Province of Canada);NLC 09-02-98 (Canada. Indian Branch was established in 1868. In 1880 the name of the Indian Branch was changed to the Dept. of Indian Affairs, and in 1937 the name was changed again to the Indian Affairs Branch)
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1998-09-02: new
2013-03-14: revised
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