 to include the settlers‘ claims in the Reserves to be surveyed.
When surveyor Reid arrived in this area on March 20, 1905, he found that Duncan Testawich and some of his Band were reported to be away on a hunting expedition to the north. Hence, Reid sent a man with dog train to find Duncan and tell him the surveyor had arrived to lay out his reservation. Reid further reported that while waiting for Duncan and his people to return, he made a traverse of the north bank of the river (Peace) between the English mission [Church Mission] and the Big Island flat, as this was said to take in several Indian locations. On the 1st of April, 1905, Reid wrote to the Department of Indian Affairs advising them that Head Man Duncan Testawich of the Peace River Crossing Band of Indian had visited his survey camp.
In total, Duncan Testawich and his Band selected ten parcels of land. Reid surveyed six parcels of Indian Reserve lands (IR 151B through 151G) situated along the northwest bank of the Peace River in the vicinity of the Shaftesbury Settlement. These six Indian Reserves included the previously-established holdings (houses, improvements etc.) of individual Duncan‘s Band Members and their families, some of whom had been living there for a period of time described by Reid as a number of years. Of the remaining four Reserves, two (IR‘s 151 and 151A) were surveyed as larger communal reserves, adjacent to what are today the villages of Berwyn and Brownvale, respectively.
Duncan Testawich and his people had as usual a very inflated idea of the amount of land they were entitled to and it was only by giving some of them places on the River [Peace River] and the Reserves No. 1 & No. 2 [IR‘s 151 and 151A] that they could be satisfied and I hope they could be satisfied.
Acknowledging this 26 April 1905 letter, Indian Commissioner Laird told Surveyor Reid: “I do not like members of the Dunvegan Band receiving land among the Peace River Crossing Band, but I suppose it could not well be avoided.” The group that Laird refers to here as the Dunvegan Band is the band who signed Treaty 8 in 1899 as the Beaver Band and who were also known as the Beavers of Dunvegan and Grande Prairie or the Beaver Band of Horse Lake and Clear Hills. The 1905 Treaty 8 Annuity Paylist shows that five families, totaling twelve people, transferred from Duncan‘s Band to the Dunvegan Band. Thus, Reid allotted Reserves at Peace River Crossing to people of both Cree and Beaver ancestry.
The last two of the ten Reserves allotted to the DFN were identified as IR 151H and IR 151K and were surveyed in May 1905. Reid allotted these parcels because some Duncan‘s Band members had requested land separate from the other members of this Band. Specifically, Duncan‘s Band member Louison Cardinal requested land on the northeast shore of Bear Lake (now known as Cardinal Lake), north from present-day Berwyn, a parcel identified as IR 151H. Cardinal had been born at Lac La Biche in 1836. Duncan‘s Band member William McKenzie and his wife and four children wanted to live on land later identified as IR 151K, situated about 40 km (25 miles) south from Peace River Landing, at a place called Little Prairie on the trail to Grouard. William McKenzie‘s stepfather, Alexander Mackenzie (also spelled McKenzie) was said to be a great nephew of his celebrated namesake, Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
Hence, in total, in 1905 Reid surveyed ten Indian Reserves for the Peace River Landing Band (Duncan‘s Band; now, Duncan‘s First Nation). He also surveyed two reserves for the Dunvegan Band (now the Horse Lake First Nation). The reserve land selection along the Peace River and on the surrounding prairies indicates that members of Duncan‘s Band supplement their continuing reliance on hunting, fishing and gathering with the new pursuit of farming.
No. 151G [Gillian Bell] on the Peace River, 5.67 acres.
While Reid also surveyed Indian Reserve 151H and 151K in 1905, they were not included in the above-mentioned 3 May 1907 Privy Council Order-in-Council, as Ottawa questioned the technicalities concerning the surveying of these two parcels. When Surveyor Reid in January 1906 forwarded his final report and completed survey plans to the Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa, and these materials, in turn, were sent to the Department of the Interior for confirmation, the Surveyor General indicated that the lands surveyed for Louison Cardinal and William McKenzie had not been related to existing township surveys. As there was no reason not to proceed with confirmation of the other Reserves, Indian Reserve 151H and 151K did not appear in the 1907 Order-in-Council. Final confirmation of Indian Reserve 151H and 151K would not occur until 1925, by Privy Council Order-in-Council 990.Not doing the things no-one thought of not doing
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The NFL commissioner met with Jacksonville business leaders, local politicians, team officials and players Monday, getting a firsthand look at one of the league's struggling franchises. He expressed support for the small-market Jaguars, but also hinted that fans need to do more to keep the team in town.
Goodell's stop in Jacksonville was his latest on a tour taking him to eight NFL cities in six days. It may have been his most pointed, especially since the Jaguars blacked out nine of 10 homes games last season and became a target for potential relocation.
"We want this team to be successful and we want it to be here," Goodell said. "We just want to make sure that we're playing in front of large audiences and hopefully sold-out audiences because that's what we do expect in the NFL."
The Jaguars are hoping to turn things around this year. They sold naming rights to the stadium for the first time in three years, getting a five-year, $16 million commitment from EverBank. They sold naming right to the practice fields for the first time ever, signing a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.
Although neither deal directly leads to ticket sales, the Jaguars insist its a positive sign to have local businesses backing the team.
Nonetheless, the Jaguars have significantly boosted ticket sales. They need to sell about 5,000 more season tickets to avoid more blackouts. They have an additional 5,000 tickets remaining for group sales or single-game tickets, as well as about 2,000 premium seats available.
"I think we're going to get there and we're going to erase the word 'blackout' in our community," owner Wayne Weaver said.
Although Weaver acknowledges he needs an "exit strategy" as he nears his 76th birthday, he insists he has no plans to sell or move the team. But he also realizes attendance has to improve to keep the franchise viable in one of the league's smallest markets.
They didn't raise ticket prices for the third consecutive year and even cut prices in January for some seats. They offered payment plans that gave season-ticket buyers eight months to pay without any interest. They allowed fans to lock in 2010 prices for three years and make equal payments for those 30 games over 30 consecutive months, with