Fonds 95-006 - Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada fonds

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Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada fonds

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    95-006

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    • 1950-1974 (Creation)
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      Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada

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    43 cm of textual records
    2 photographs
    7 maps

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    The Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada (IEA) had its origins in the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) when the CAAE appointed a committee “to study the problem of the Indian in the community off reserve, thereby stimulating organizations to make surveys, conduct research appoint specialists and provide services as needs arise,” with the intention of the Committee becoming a national organization. This committee became known as the National Commission on the Indian Canadian and it functioned as a standing committee of the CAAE. In 1960, the Commission withdrew from the CAAE and was incorporated as the Indian-Eskimo Association. Its services, at this time, were expanded to include all First Nations, Inuit and Métis people both on and off reserve. Its first president was Clare Evelyn Clark. The Indian-Eskimo Association was a national citizen's organization with membership open to all people interested in promoting the well-being of Indigenous people. Indigenous people formed 25% of the membership and at all times had members on the Board of Directors. The Association was headquartered in Toronto until 1973, it when it moved to Ottawa and changed its name to the Canadian Association in Support of Native Peoples (CASNP). The IEA was active in fund raising, organizing workshops to discuss housing, and working on community and economic development projects.

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    This fonds was in the custody of Clare E. Clark, who was a past president of the Association, and donated, via Professor John Milloy, to the Trent University Archives.

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    This fonds consists of minutes, addresses, papers, annual reports, correspondence, maps and publications of the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada in the early days of its work between 1957 and 1970.

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    This fonds was donated by Clare E. Clark of Toronto via Professor John Milloy.

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        Associated material located in the Library and Archives Canada and the Archives of Ontario.

        For related records see the records of the IEA's successor body, The Canadian Association in Support of native Peoples (75-015, 77-018, 82-014, and 94-009)

        See also the Kenneth E. Kidd fonds (80-030), James Robbins Kidd fonds (81-018), and the Ontario Natives Development Fonds (95-005).

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        Accession 21-003 is an addition to this fonds.

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