On April 20, 2013, Blaine Favel, president and CEO of Calgary-based One Earth Oil and Gas Inc . and an influential First Nations leader in the province and the country, was confirmed as 14th chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.
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The origins of this indigenous industry remain uncertain, with some claiming that it began as early as the 10th century AD . However, the earliest extant records date to 1755, attributed to an English captain, George Baker, who wrote of an " earth oil town " of 200 families by the Irrawaddy River.