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Researching native races can be particularly challenging because use of the records is often restricted. When you know the tribe your ancestor belonged to and the areas where he may have lived, then determine if records are available. Administrative and Indian land records created by the federal Department of Indian Affairs before 1970 are now at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. An inventory of these is in: | Researching native races can be particularly challenging because use of the records is often restricted. When you know the tribe your ancestor belonged to and the areas where he may have lived, then determine if records are available. Administrative and Indian land records created by the federal Department of Indian Affairs before 1970 are now at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. An inventory of these is in: | ||
*Gillis, Peter, ed. ''Records Relating to Indian Affairs''. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1975. (Family History Library book {{FHL|59642|title-id|disp=971 A3pg}} no. 1.) Some of these records have been microfilmed and are available to public libraries through interlibrary loan. | *Gillis, Peter, ed. ''Records Relating to Indian Affairs''. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1975. (Family History Library book {{FHL|59642|title-id|disp=971 A3pg}} no. 1.) Some of these records have been microfilmed and are available to public libraries through interlibrary loan. | ||
*Russell, Bill,''Records of the Department of Indian Affairs, at Library and Archives Canada: A Source for Genealogical Research.'' {{FHL|1324138|item|disp=FHL book 970.1 R911r}} [http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-of-the-department-of-indian-affairs-at-library-and-archives-canada-a-source-for-genealogical-research/oclc/57474086 WorldCat] | |||
Some provincial and private archives have records of native peoples. Addresses and brief descriptions of their holdings are in: | Some provincial and private archives have records of native peoples. Addresses and brief descriptions of their holdings are in: | ||