Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bishop Sjoberg, Dr. Kuhn and Cathy Dorland, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

The file contains presentations by Bishop Sjoberg, Dr. Kuhn, and Cathy Dorland, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The Bishop delivers a brief expressing solidarity with Aboriginal Canadians, and contrition for historical wrongs. Bishop Sjoberg then discusses what is necessary for a new relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, and some of the work the ELCIC has done to bring this about and increase cross-cultural understanding. Dr. Kuhn discusses self-determination issues in a political and economic sense. Dorland discusses healing communities and the "legacy of suffering." Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with the presenters.