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J.F. Hodder

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J.F. Hodder
OccupationIndian Agent

J.F. Hodder was a clerk and Indian Agent.[1]

In Anishinabek News

  • June 2013: He replaced J.P. Donnelly as the agent on Lake Superior in February 1898. He resigned in 1904 after community members complained he was frequently absent from his office to work on a dredge.[1]

1905 Railway Taking

His resignation in 1904 came shortly before the 1905 Railway Taking, in which 1,600 acres of the Fort William Reserve passed to the Grand Trunk Pacific.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Skimming, stealing, bribery, lying — all in a day’s work for Indian Agents", Anishinabek News, 28 June 2013 (archived copy; original article).
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the year ended 30 June 1906, Sessional Paper No. 27 (1907), Part II, p. 63, Indian Land Statement. Archived.