Accession consists of records created and/or maintained by the British Columbia Regional Office of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and its predecessors. Predecessors include: the Campbell River District Office, the North Island District Office, the Kwawkewlth Agency, the West Coast Agency, the South Coast Education District Office, the Vancouver District Office, the Fraser District Office, the Fraser Agency, the Lytton Agency, the Vancouver Agency, the New Westminster Agency, the Prince George District Office, the Lakes District Office, the Stuart Lake Agency, the Burns Lake Agency, the Terrace District Office, the Northwest District Office, the Terrace Agency, the Skeena River Agency, the North Coast District Office, the Williams Lake District Office, the Williams Lake Agency, the Central Interior District Office, the Thompson River District Office, the Kootenay-Okanagan District Office, the Kamloops Agency, the Nicola Agency, the Kootenay-Okanagan Agency, the Kootenay Agency, and the Okanagan Agency.
The accession includes, but is not limited to records relating to: welfare equipment and supplies; finances, including security deposits, security cheques; placement of labour, including consultation for employment opportunities, employment training aids, seasonal and casual employment, and employment on special projects; reports and returns, including employment and relocation reports; education, including admission and discharge of pupils, residential schools, educational assistance, joint schools, student residence, adult education, school committees on reserves, kindergarten classes, native cultural education centre, and band training; welfare, including care of children, aged allowances, community development, care of the handicapped, rehabilitation services, and Work Opportunity Program; individual case files, including estates, the mentally incompetent, wills, and guardianship cases; social activities, including sports, and homemakers's clubs; school buildings, including staff residence; arts and crafts; cultural affairs; policy research and evaluation, including meetings - department and associations; organization and administration, including liaison, school establishment, and plans and planning; rights-of-way, including telephone lines; property damage and protection, including fire protection, policy; policy research and evaluation, including meetings - department and associations; and management information systems, including management information - education.
These records can be consulted in Vancouver, B.C.
