Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Robert Pasco, Nlaka'pamux Tribal Council

File contains a presentation by Chief Robert Pasco of the Nlaka'pamux Tribal Council. Pasco, Chief of the Oregon Jack Creek Indian Band, discusses the history of his Nlaka'pamux Nation and its efforts to create a strong centralized government in the 1870s, as well as the suppression of this movement by the federal government. Pasco goes on to relate the desire of his people to have a written Constitution based on their traditions and to engage in a government to government relationship with the federal government. Pasco also discusses ongoing land claims and fisheries disputes. In closing, Pasco makes a series of ten recommendations to the Royal Commission with respect to the Nlaka'pamux Nation. Included among these is that the federal government cease litigation against the Nlaka'pamux and cease using "divide and conquer" strategies against them. Following the presentation Pasco discusses self-governance issues with Commissioners Dussault and Chartrand.