Accession consists of headquarters central registry files (operational records) of the Indian and Inuit Affairs Program classified according to the Modified Duplex Numeric system and the Block Numeric system. The accession is a direct transfer from the Ottawa Federal Records Centre which contains several complexities. There are some files in the boxes which were not on the original DIAND file list. There are other files which are on the original DIAND file list but are not in the boxes and no charge-out slip exists for them. There are other files which are on the original DIAND file list, not in boxes, but have a charge-out slips. Lastly, there are some charge-out slips which have no corresponding file on the original DIAND file list. As per the Box Conversion List, DIAND Boxes 1-2 remain NA Boxes 1-2 (however, Box 2 contained nothing but charge-out slips and has been deactivated, its charge-out slips moved to box 1). DIAND Boxes 3-6 and 16 were not transferred to the National Archives; accordingly, DIAND Boxes 7-15 are now NA Boxes 3-11 (however, according to the original DIAND file list, the last file from DIAND Box 6 is the first file in DIAND Box 7 / NA Box 3, and NA Box 8 contained nothing but charge-out slips and has been deactivated, its charge-out slips moved to box 1). Lastly, the remaining DIAND Boxes 17-46 roughly correspond to NA Boxes 12-41, but this is not an exact box-to-box correspondence.
The records in this accession cover the following subjects: AGRICULTURE (Indian Agricultural Program; Farm Credit Corporation Loans - General); ARTS AND CRAFTS - NATIONAL INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS CORPORATION {NIACC} (Finance; Board of Directors Meetings); ARTS AND CRAFTS - PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS (Finance); ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, SOCIETIES (Friendship Centres); BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY - CONSULTANT SERVICES (Canadian Executives Services Overseas); CONTINUING EDUCATION - INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND SPECIAL PROJECTS (Indian Controlled Institutions); CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS (General); CULTURAL AFFAIRS (General; Cultural Grants); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (General Development Agreement - General); EDUCATION (Take-over Education Programs; Nominal Roll, Data Base); ESTATES; FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL RELATIONS (General); FINANCING (Special Project Funding); FORESTRY (Timber Licences; B.C. Region); GAME AND FISHERIES (General); INDIVIDUAL CASE FILES (Enfranchisements); INDIVIDUAL LAND HOLDINGS; JUSTICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND LEGAL MATTERS (General); LANDS - NATURAL RESOURCES (Legal Matters; Wild Crops - General); LOANS - INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND {IEDF} (General; Debt Deletion and Forgiveness; Indian Economic Development Fund Loan Board; Loan Accounting System); LOANS - INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (General); MENTALLY INCOMPETENT INDIANS; MINING (by Indian Reserve Code); NATIVE RIGHTS AND TREATIES - TREATIES - ENTITLEMENTS (Land Entitlements - Negotiations - Federal Provincial); NATURAL RESOURCES (Northern Affairs Program; B.C. Region); NATURAL RESOURCES - BY RESERVES (General; Fishing; Gravel and Sand; Hunting; Mining; Oil and Gas; Fur Conservation Projects; Fur Marketing; Timber; Tourist Outfitting and Guiding; Traplines, Generally; Wild Crops; Wildlife); NATURAL RESOURCES - RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT (Oil and Gas; Heavy Oil and Tarsands; Mining; Pipelines; Catalogue of Resource Projects; Affirmative Action; Hydro Developments; Indian Involvement in Resource Development; by Individual Project Number); OIL AND GAS (Option Agreement; Royalties - General; By Indian Reserve Code); PROPERTY DAMAGE AND PROTECTION (Forest and Prairie Fires); REPORTS AND RETURNS (Annual Report on Housing); RESEARCH (General; Unsolicited Proposals; Reports - General; Coordination; Northern Science Policy; Individual Projects - General; Individual Projects - by Individual Project Number); SCHOOL PROGRAMS (Elementary and Secondary Education); SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (Indian Associations); SPORTS AND RECREATION (General); STATISTICS (General; Public Assistance); STATUS OF INDIANS (Certificates of Indian Status); STRUCTURAL MINERALS (by Indian Reserve Code); TAXATION (General); WILDLIFE (Wildlife Caribou Management Meeting - General).