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Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 9, November, 1968)
Interview with Will Seeks: Celebrating the Beginnings of Change; Canadian Indians Want the Government to Protect Indian Rights at
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 23: The Long House, Teslin, Yukon Territory
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Beatrice Watts
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Billy Day, Inuvialuit Communications Society
Vice-President of the organization discusses his organization's role providing information and entertainment to the Inuvialuit (Inuit) of the Western Arctic; the importance of media and communications; their newspaper and television operations; revitalizing the Inuit language and culture via media; the cultural effects of southern mass media on the Inuit; funding, equipment, and staffing concerns; and a recommendation to the Commission that Aboriginal peoples get the same resources and consideration for their broadcasters as French and English Canadians do.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Co-Chairman Georges Erasmus
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Eric Robinson, President, Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Evelyn Webster, Vice-President, Indigenous Women's Collective
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jerry Taylor, Black Learning Centre
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marilyn Fontaine, Spokesperson, Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Pierre and Bernadette Cook, Ontario Native Women's Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Vicki Wilson and Kula Ellison, Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Wallace Labillois
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Inuvik Community Corporation, Pauline Gordon and Glenna Hansen
Vice-Chairman of Corporation discusses racism in Canada and its' impact on Aboriginal peoples, a lack of recognition of Aboriginal organizations as legitimate governing bodies and a suggestion to the Commission to "replace the system as it stands now and replace it with one that gives equal stature and governing powers to all." Chairman Hansen then presents on Aboriginal languages, the education system in the Northwest Territories, unequal treatment afforded French, problems facing Aboriginal professionals; and double standards in policing and justice systems.