Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Arnold Blackstar, Battlefords Indian and Metis Friendship Centre

File contains a presentation by Arnold Blackstar, Battlefords Indian and Metis Friendship Centre. Blackstar presents a letter on behalf of the President of the Friendship Centre who was unable to be in attendance which welcomes the Commission and outlines what the Friendship Centre does in the Battlefords. Following that, Blackstar, who is the Centre's youth co-ordinator, presents on some of the issues youth programming faces, particularly a lack of stable and adequate funding. Blackstar also discusses some of the challenges faced by Aboriginal youth in post-secondary education. Following the presentation Commissioners Blakeney and Erasmus discuss some of these issues with Blackstar.