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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 116: Nipissing First Nation Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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RCAP 116 contains files from a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Nipissing First Nation Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario on Monday, May 10, 1993. This sitting of the Commission contains official and individual presentations from members of the Nipissing First Nations.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 116: Opening Prayer, Welcoming Remarks by Chief Gerald Beaucage, Opening Remarks by Commissioners Bertha Wilson and Mary Sillett

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Alfred Fisher
Gerald Beaucage
Bertha Wilson
Mary Sillett
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File contains an opening prayer and welcoming remarks from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Nipissing First Nation Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario on Monday, May 10, 1993. Following an opening prayer by Alfred Fisher, and welcoming remarks by Nipissing's Chief Gerald Beaucage, Commissioners Bertha Wilson and Mary Sillett discuss the mandate, goals, and composition of the Commission.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 117: Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario

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RCAP 117 contains files from a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario on Tuesday, May 11, 1993. This sitting of the Commission contains official and individual presentations from a variety of Aboriginal organizations, followed by a round table discussion on education and youth issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 117: Opening Prayer, Welcoming Remarks, Opening Remarks

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File contains an opening prayer, welcoming remarks, and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Canadore College, North Bay, Ontario on Tuesday, May 11, 1993. File contains an opening prayer by Gordie Restoule, and welcoming remarks by Moderator Georgina Pelletier and Mayor of North Bay, Stan Lawlor. File also contains opening remarks by Commissioners Mary Sillett and Bertha Wilson who discuss the Commission's educational and policy roles.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Adult Education Issues, Closing Prayer

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File contains an evening session round table discussion on Adult Education issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants Jane Jackson and Helen Mills discuss post-secondary education concerns (including literacy, upgrading, poverty, and employment issues) with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson. Following the Round Table discussion is a closing prayer which concludes the day's sitting of the Royal Commission.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth

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File contains an Evening Session Round Table Discussion on Education and Youth Issues from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. File contains discussions on Secondary School Issues, Post-Secondary Issues, and Adult Education. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth, Opening Remarks and Slideshow

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File contains opening remarks and a slide show for the Evening Session Round Table on Education and Youth issues, part of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Bill Butler and Don Mitchell, moderators for the evening, welcome the participants and deliver a slide show highlighting various communities in Northern Ontario, and the way of life therein.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Albert Fisher and Closing Prayer

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Albert Fisher
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File contains a presentation by Albert Fisher, followed by a Closing Prayer for the day's sitting of the Commission at the Nipissing First Nations Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario, May 19, 1993. Albert Fisher offers some personal reflections on Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal relations in Ontario as they pertain to politics, the legal system, community and individual relations.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Carol Croxon

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Carol Croxon
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File contains a presentation by Carol Croxon. Croxon, who works for the Ojibway Family Resource Centre, Nipissing First Nation, discusses family violence and associated issues. Following the presentation Croxon discusses some of the issues raised with Commissioners Wilson and Sillett.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Beaucage

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Gerald Beaucage
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File contains a presentation by Chief Gerald Beaucage of the Nipissing First Nation. Chief Beaucage discusses the demographic composition of his First Nation, Bill C-31, on and off-reserve populations, housing issues, the Nation's land base and related land issues, a proposed "First Nation Chartered Land Act" with 17 components, land claims, education concerns, and language concerns.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Beaucage, Nipissing First Nation

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Gerald Beaucage
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File contains a presentation by Chief Gerald Beaucage, Nipissing First Nation. Chief Beaucage discusses the de'Medici North Bay Inc. collaborative fur venture, world fur markets, and related issues. Chief Beaucage also discusses other economic activity within the First Nation's industrial park.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Claire Campbell

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Claire Campbell
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File contains a presentation by Claire Campbell, Community Health Nurse, Lawrence Commanda Community Health Clinic, Nipissing First Nation. Campbell discusses health concerns on the Nipissing, Dokis, and Tomagami First Nations. Following the presentation Commissioners Sillett and Wilson discuss some of the issues raised with Campbell.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dokis First Nation, Chief Tim Restoule

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Tim Restoule
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File contains a presentation by Chief Tim Restoule of the Dokis First Nation. Chief Restoule discusses land rights, hunting and fishing, economic development, education and health concerns. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with Chief Restoule.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Nipissing Metis and Non-Status Indians (O.M.A.A. North Bay Chapter)

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File contains a presentation by John Novak of the North Bay Chapter of the Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (which represents Metis and Non-Status people). Novak discusses the difficulty for his people in obtaining resources, their difference from Status Indian people, a lack of educational assistance, a request for "some kind of structure that we would be able to get our own funding," the desire for a land base, economic concerns, hunting and fishing rights, racism and discrimination concerns, the problem sustaining the organization's locals, and housing concerns.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by North Bay Indian Friendship Centre

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File contains a presentation by Bill Butler and Lynn Bennett of the North Bay Indian Friendship Centre. The presenters discuss housing, employment, child care, and other urban issues. Bennett also discusses the Low Income People's Involvement agency, or LIPI, and some of the advocacy work it does. Following the presentation Butler and Lynn discuss some of the issues raised with Commissioners Wilson and Sillett.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, Paul King

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File contains a presentation by Paul King of the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital. King discusses Aboriginal mental health, training, and teaching. King also provides an overview of the hospital, its' geographic service area, staffing, and mandate. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with King.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Peter Owl

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Peter Owl
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File contains a presentation by Peter Owl. Owl discusses the history of a specific land claim that his Sigma-Anishinabe First Nation is involved in in "the Hudson Bay lands" of the North Shore area of Espanola and Bine River, Ontario. Following his presentation Commissioners Wilson and Sillett discuss the claim with Owl.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Temagami First Nation, Arnold Paul

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Arnold Paul
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File contains a presentation by Arnold Paul of the Temagami First Nation. Paul discusses his home community of Bear Island, education, and economic development; specifically M'Kwa Minissi Anishnabaquec which operates a craft shop and training program for local women. Paul recommends to the Commission that the government negotiate self-governance arrangements on a case by case basis to suit the needs of individual communities.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Vernon Roote, Deputy Grand Chief, Union of Ontario Indians

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Vernon Roote
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File contains a presentation by Vernon Roote, Deputy Grand Chief of the Union of Ontario Indians. Roote's presentation topic if "Building a Nation" and he discusses "the big topic of nationhood and sovereignty." Roote highlights some of the opinions gathered from a conference the past August held in Garden River, Ontario from the viewpoints of "the political people right down to the grassroots people" concerned with the topic of Anishnabek nationhood.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation de' Medici North bay

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Georgio Kooster
Gilles Graveline
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File contains a presentation by Georgio Kooster and Gilles Graveline of de'Medici North Bay Inc.; a joint venture between Nipissing Indian Band Holdings & Investments Limited and de'Medici & Co. Inc.; a Canadian holding company owned by de'Medici & Co. SPA, fur dressers and dyers of Milan, Italy. Kooster discusses how the venture came about, its organizational history, and its economic activities. Following the presentation Commissioners Wilson and Sillett discuss the partnership and issues raised with Kooster and Graveline.
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Walking Through the Door of a Friendship Centre: Towards a New Understanding of 'Service Delivery' in Urban Indigenous Communities

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Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
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Reports findings from interviews with people who have worked in and with centres in four Ontario communities: Timmins, North Bay, Hamilton, and Sault Ste. Marie. Offers recommendations to support the centres' activities..
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Wiisinadaa: Let's Eat

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OFIFC Research Series ; vol. 3
Traditional Foods & Diabetes Project
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Joan Chalifoux
Rebecca Martell
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Research project documented regional approaches to traditional food production and consumption to improve community health.
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