Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Pauline Lewis

Alternate Title

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions

File contains a presentation by Pauline Lewis, a Micmac woman from the Eskasoni First Nation. Lewis discusses her experience with the Indian Act and Bill C-31, having been re-listed to the Band in 1991. She discusses spousal abuse, provincial-federal jurisdictional issues in criminal law, and her part in a National Film Board presentation. Following the presentation is a comment from Commissioner Georges Erasmus.

Author/Creator

Pauline Lewis

Contributor/Editor

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Open Access

Yes

Primary Source

Yes

Publisher

[University of Saskatchewan Archives]

Publication Date

1992-05-06

Credit

University of Saskatchewan Archives, Native Law Centre fonds, Reference Library, RCAP vol. 7 (Box 1); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy

Subjects

Law & Justice