Accession consists of Sept-Iles District Office Indian school ("Personal") files (Boxes 1-11); Sept-Iles District Office administrative and operational records (Boxes 12-34); and Quebec Regional Office operational records (Box 27).
The Indian school files are organized by school and, within each school, alphabetically by surname. Box 1 is labelled "Dossiers Résidents Étudiants de les Bersemins" [Bersimis]. Box 2 is labelled "Dossiers Personnel Résidents Étudiants de la Tuque". Boxes 3-5 are labelled "Dossiers - Bénéficiaires - Aide Sociale - District Pointe-Bleue". Boxes 6-8 are labelled "Dossiers - Bénéficiaires - Aide Sociale - Mistissini". Boxes 9-11 are labelled "Dossiers - Étudiants - District Pointe-Bleue". It should be noted that the box titles, although correct in their distinction of schools, are misleading regarding the file contents. The files appear to have been classified according to the "P" system; that is, a file classification system implemented by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in the 1950's (and later abandoned), wherein all correspondence created about an individual Indian that was of a personal nature and covering specified subjects was placed on a separate "Personal" file. In this instance, the "Personal" files are predominantly from the 1960's and cover both Indians and non-Indians at the above schools. The non-Indian "Personal" files cover such subjects as employee (teacher) evaluations, workers' compensation claims by teachers, staff grievances and dismissal, teacher resignations, teacher leaves of absence, and teacher applications for employment. The Indian "Personal" files, in addition to being filed alphabetically, often have a file number on their jackets (classified according to the modified duplex numeric system) and cover such subjects as Travelling Expenses (2-13); Enlistments (3-9); Employment Training Aids (21-4); School Inspection Reports (23-5); Educational Assistance (25-8); Indian House (29-2); Care of Children (29-4); Aged Allowance, Generally (29-5); Needy Mother's Allowance (29-7); Blind Indians (29-11); Disabled Persons Allowances (29-14); Estate files (37-2); Enfranchisements (37-3); and Mentally Incompetent Indians (37-4).
Boxes 12-34 contain Sept-Iles District Office administrative and operational records covering the following subject file blocks within the modified duplex numeric system: Block No. 1- Organization and Administration (Organization Generally; Administration Generally; Methods and Procedures; The Indian Act; School Establishment); Block No. 2 - Staff Matters (Staff Rotation and Training); Block No. 3 - Band Management {By Bands} (General; Membership; Elections; Minutes of Council; Deputations; Complaints and Petitions; Claims and Disputes; Indian Contracts and Agreements); Block No. 4 - Administration Buildings (General; Administration owned Buildings; Accommodation in Federal Buildings; Rented Accommodation {PWD}); Block No. 6 - School Buildings (General; Staff Residence); Block No. 7 - Miscellaneous Buildings and Projects {By Reserves} (Food Preservation Projects); Block No. 8 - Engineering Services {By Reserves} (General; Water Supply System; Flood and Water Control; Government Contracts and Specifications; Electric Power Services; Roads; Waterways; Sewage Disposal Systems; Physical Planning of Communities); Block No. 10 - Welfare Equipment and Supplies (General; Fishing and Hunting Equipment; Relief Fuel); Block No. 13 - School Supplies (Audio-Visual Aids, Mechanical); Block No. 14 - Arts and Crafts (General); Block No. 17 - Health Services (General); Block No. 18 - Law Enforcement (General; Accidents, Drownings, Manslaughter, Etc.; Intoxicants; Indian Indebtedness; Pool Rooms, Dance Halls, Etc.; Immorality; Taxation of Indians; Truancy; Loans to Indians, Lending Institutions); Block No. 19 - Economic Development (Research and Surveys; Resettlement of Indians; Unemployment Insurance for Indians; Workmen's Compensation; Indian Economic Development Fund Loans and/or Guaranteed Loans; Co-Operative Enterprises; Industrial and Business Development; Band Economic Development - Committees); Block No. 20 - Natural Resources {By Reserves} (Fishing; Gravel and Sand; Mining; Timber; Fur Conservation; Wild Crops; Fur Marketing; Wild Life); Block No. 21 - Placement of Indian Labour (General; Consultation for Employment Opportunities; Relocation of Indians to Employment; Employment Training Aids; Seasonal and Casual Employment; Winter Works); Block No. 23 - Reports and Returns (Counsellors Quarterly Returns; Annual Report on Housing; Agricultural Supervisors' Reports; Band Membership Returns); Block No. 24 - Social Activities (Sports; Social Leaders - Activities); Block No. 25 - Indian Education (General; Educational Assistance; Joint Schools; Adult Education; School Committees on Indian Reserves); Block No. 27 - Transportation (School Children); Block No. 28 - Trust Funds {By Trust Account No.} (Trust Account Statements; Interest Distribution; Budgets and Authorities for Expenditures; Winter Works Incentive Program; Management of Band Funds under Section 69 - Indian Act); Block No. 29 - Welfare of Indians (General; Indian House {For Furnishings, etc.}; Children's Aid Services; Work Opportunity Program); Block No. 30 - Surveys and Reserves {By Reserves} (General); Block No. 31 - Rights-of-Way {By Reserves} (Power Line; Road Right-of-Way; Miscellaneous; Telephone Lines); Block No. 32 - Leases (General); Block No. 34 - Sale of Indian Land (General); Block No. 36 - Miscellaneous Land Matters {By Reserves} (General; Maps and Plans; Agency Land; School Land; Nursing Station Sites; Government-owned Land); Block No. 37 - Individual Case Files (Loans; Estates; Enfranchisements; Mentally Incompetent Indians; Miscellaneous Cases); Block No. 39 - Indian Veterans (Veterans Land Act); Block No. 40 - Property Damage and Protection (Fire Protection, Policy; Fire Loss, General); Block No. 41 - Statistics (General; Public Assistance; Indian Census Record; Children in Care); Block No. 42 - Federal-Provincial Relations (General); Block No. 43 - Cultural Affairs (General; Exposition).
Box 27 contains Quebec Regional Office operational records covering the following subject file blocks within the modified duplex numeric system: Block No. 25 - Indian Education (Joint Schools).
Two files in Box 32 (File 379/31-3-3, Vol. 1 and File 379/31-4-3, Vol. 1) previously had charge-out slips; however, after sending this accession to the National Archives, the Quebec Regional Office of DIAND located the two outstanding files and forwarded them separately. The files were subsequently placed in their appropriate location in Box 32.
