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144 • Truth & Reconciliation Commission127. For staffing, see: Canada, Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs, 1955, 51; Canada,Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs, 1957, 56. As an experiment in 1949,Indian Affairs had taken on responsibility for directly employing the teaching staff in schoolsat Shubenacadie, the Mohawk Institute, and Port Alberni. TRC, NRA, DIAND HQ, file 1/25-1-5-2, volume 1, 1952–1969, Laval Fortier to J. P. Mulvihill, 26 October 1953. [AEMR-120563] Fordiet, see: TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG55, FA 55-19, volume 20784, TreasuryBoard Submission 559690, Req. Authority for the Recommendation and Establishment ofDomestic Staff, Laval Fortier to Secretary, Treasury Board, 22 January 1960. [120.04620]128. TRC, NRA, Canadian Welfare Council and Caldwell 1967, 89. [AEMR-019759]129. TRC, NRA, Canadian Welfare Council and Caldwell 1967, 92. [AEMR-019759]130. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG10, volume 6032, file 150-40A, part 1, RegulationsRelating to the Education of Indian Children, Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1894.[AGA-001516-0000]131. For example, see: TRC, NRA, Library and Archives of Canada, RG10, volume 6374, file 764-10,part 1, S. H. Middleton to J. E. Pugh, 26 April 1940. [PUL-071183]132. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada – Burnaby, RG10, FA 10-136, volume 11466, 987/18-24, part 1, Truancy, 1952–1969, NAC, Burnaby, R. Sedgewick to Acting Deputy SuperintendentGeneral Indian Affairs, 11 October 1891; [SQU-001298-0001] RG10, volume 1575,C-14851, 1898–1899, NAC, Application for Admission, 30 November 1898. [BQL-008267-0001]133. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG10, FA 10-379, 1999-01431-6, box 405, 987/25-1-018, part 1, Indian Education – Squamish Students Residence, Fraser District, 1950–1969,NAC, Ottawa, P. Phelan to Legal Adviser, 17 November 1952; [SQU-000595] Burnaby, RG10,FA 10-136, volume 11466, 987/18-24, part 1, Truancy, 1952–1969, NAC, Burnaby, P. Phelan toW. S. Arneil, 22 November 1952. [SQU-001297] For an example of a father who successfullywent to court to have his children, who had been voluntarily enrolled in a residential school,returned to him, see: Library and Archives Canada, RG10, volume 2552, file 112-220-1, MartinBenson to Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, 25 September 1903.134. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG10, volume 7184, file 1/25-1-5-7, part 1, W. M.Graham to Secretary, 19 February 1926. [NCA-014626]135. Canada, Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs, 1945, 168, 183.136. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG10, volume 6039, file 160-1, part 1, Martin Benson,Memorandum, 13, 15 July 1897. [100.00108]137. For Indian Act, see: An Act respecting Indians, Statutes of Canada 1951, chapter 29, sections113–122, 169–172. For regulations, see: TRC, NRA, INAC – Resolution Sector – IRS HistoricalFiles Collection – Ottawa, file 1/25-1-5-2, volume 1, “Regulations With Respect to Teaching,Education, Inspection, and Discipline for Indian Residential Schools, Made and Establishedfor the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs Pursuant to Paragraph (a) of Section 114 ofthe Indian Act,” 20 January 1953. [PAR-001203-0001]138. The Public Schools Act, Revised Statutes of Manitoba 1954, chapter 215, 923–1,114.139. The Manitoba Gazette, April 9, 1955, 509–510.140. TRC, NRA, Library and Archives Canada, RG10, volume 6032, file 150-40A, part 1, Headquarters– Compulsory Attendance of Pupils – Indian Schools, 1904–1933, Microfilm reelC-8149, FA 10-17, Indian Agent, Hagersville to Secretary, Indian Affairs, 20 February 1922;[AEMR-255312] An Act respecting Indians, Statutes of Canada 1919–1920, chapter 50, section1, amending Revised Statutes of Canada 1906, chapter 81, section 10, reproduced in Venne,Indian Acts, 178–179.