Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer and Opening Remarks by Viola Robinson and Allan Blakeney

File contains an opening prayer and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Singituq Complex, Rankin Inlet, NWT (now Nunavut), on Thursday, November 19, 1992. Following an introduction by Facilitator Paul Kaludjak, and an opening prayer by Rhoda Karetak, Commissioner Viola Robinson commences the days proceedings by giving an overview of the Commission, its composition, and its work to this date. Following this Commissioner Allan Blakeney makes some remarks on the Commissions mandate particularly with regard to economic, land, and the special issues facing people of the North.