Identity area
Type of entity
Primary Agency
Authorized form of name
Canada. Department of Indian Affairs
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs
- Canada. Ministère des affaires indiennes
- Canada. Affaires indiennes, Ministère des
- Canada. Indian Affairs, Dept. of
- Canada. Indian Affairs, Department of
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1880-1936
History
The Indian Branch (established in 1868) was change to the Department of Indian Affairs in 1880. The Department was abolished in 1936 its functions were carried on by the Department of Mines and Mineral Resources, primarily under the Indian Affairs Branch.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Maintained by
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2021-09-10 (Revision).
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
This authority description of the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs contains information from VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) [http://viaf.org/viaf/130103085] which is made available under the ODC Attribution License [http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/].