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File contains an opening prayer for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples on November 3, 1992 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, by Raymond Abraham, followed by a presentation on the history of the St. Mary's Indian Band by Denise Birdstone. Birdstone discusses the history of the Ktunaxa people who at the time of the Commission comprised five bands in the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council including St. Mary's, Columbia Lake, Shuswap, Lower Kootenay, and Tobacco Plains.

File contains a presentation by Chief Agnes McCoy, St. Mary's Indian Band. McCoy delivers a structured presentation presenting the Band's viewpoint on a variety of topics including: 1) Education, 2) Land Claims, 3)Jurisdiction, 4) Self-Government, 5) Language, 6) Justice, 7) Aboriginal Government, 8) Provincial Government (in terms of relationship with). Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault, Chartrand, and Phillips engage McCoy, preceding presenter Denise Birdstone, and future presenter Sophie Pierre, in a discussion of the issues raised.

Explains the Ktunaxa concept of self-government.