Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gerri Collins, Second Vice-Chairman, British Columbia Association of Friendship Centres

File contains a presentation by Gerri Collins, Second Vice-Chairman, British Columbia Association of Friendship Centres. She introduces Wilfred Price and Wally Samuel, members of the executive of the British Columbia Association of Friendship Centres. Collins gives a brief history of the Canadian Friendship Centre movement. She questions the validity of holding discussions around urban Aboriginal self-government without the involvement of the BC Association of Friendship Centres, the only urban Aboriginal organization which has a mechanism in place already. The remainder of her presentation focuses on child and family welfare programs for the off-reserve population. She introduces the next speaker, Wally Samuel.