Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
File contains a presentation by James Favel and Bill Swimmer, both of the Strike Them on the Back band, currently part of the Sweetgrass First Nation. Favel remarks that the Department of Indian Affairs forced the Strike Them on the Back Band to amalgamate with the Sweetgrass Band, and gave control to the Sweetgrass council which now ignores the Strike on the Back members concerns. Favel discusses the need for government recognition of the Strike him on the Back band, and discusses the problem of being ignored by the Sweetgrass Band Council, the need for a Constitutional entrenchment of Treaty rights, self-governance and Aboriginal justice issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Blakeney discusses land claims and the history of the Strike him on the Back and Sweetgrass bands with the presenters. Following this Commissioners Erasmus and Blakeney engage the two presenters in a wide ranging discussion on the difference between Treaty and Status designations, interband politics, the inherent right to self-governance, the legal definition of who is "Indian," and related matters.
Author/Creator
James Favel
Bill Swimmer
Contributor/Editor
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
Yes
Publisher
[Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Privy Council Office]
Publication Date
1992-10-29
Credit
University of Saskatchewan Archives, Native Law Centre fonds, Reference Library, RCAP vol. 54 (Box 8); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Location
First Nation, Metis, Inuit Locations
Resource Type
Documents & Presentations
Format
Image
Language