William Okeymaw interview 1

• Main Authors: Okeymaw, William, Lightning, Richard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Plains Research Centre 1975
• Subjects: Buffalo > Range of; Indian Affairs; Department of > Indian agents; Missionaries > Attitudes toward; Missionaries > Influence of; Reserves > Expansion of; Slavey Indians > Movement of; Trade > Money; Introduction of; Trade > Practices; Treaties > Treaty status; Treaty #8 > Interpretation of; Treaty #8 > Taking of; Values > Honesty; Warfare; Intertribal; Ferguson; Daniel; Holmes; Rev; Key No Say Oo; L'Heureux; N.P. (Indian Agent); Lacombe; Father Albert; Laird; Harold (Indian Agent); Lapp; G. S. (Indian Agent); Mustus; Tate; Albert; Indian; Lesser Slave lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/1476

7 p. transcript of an interview with William Okeymaw, conducted by Richard Lightning on March 27, 1975. Tape number IH-315, transcript disc 26. William Okeymaw was 12 years old at the time when he attended the Treaty #8 negotiations. He describes the negotiations and his understanding of the promise...