Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louisa Smith, North Coast Tribal Council, and Bernice Goldie
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louise Chippeway, Chairperson, Aboriginal Advisory Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lower Kootenay Indian Band, Historical Perspective by Wilfred Jacobs, Opening Remarks by Commissioners Dussault, Chartrand, Phillips
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lucassie Arragutainaq, Vice-President, Arctic Co-operatives Limited
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Luzarus Arreak
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maggie Hodgson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Magnus Gunther
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maguerite Sanderson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maguerite Sanderson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maliotenam Band Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Manawan Council of Women, Therese Ottawa, Delima Niquay
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marg Beament, NorSask Native Outreach
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret Donovan, Vice-President, Gwich'in Tribal Council
Presenter discusses: the history of the Gwich'in people including the signing of Treaty 11 in 1921; land claim issues; language rights and recognition; self-governance and intergovernmental relations; and cultural, educational, and quality of life concerns.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret McCullough, Yukon Human Rights Commission
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marilyn Fontaine, Spokesperson, Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mario Paradis, President and Rene Boileau, Research Advisor, Association des Metis et Indiens Hors-Reserves du Quebec Inc.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mark LaForme, Director of Self-Government, Indian Commission of Ontario
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Pierre and Bernadette Cook, Ontario Native Women's Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marshall Murdock, Chairperson, The National Aboriginal Youth Career and Awareness Committee
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marvin Conner
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marvin Sampson, Chief Councillor, Glen Vowell Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ann Crow Healy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ann Felle, Cross Cultural Information Committee
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ford
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Guilbeault, Vice-Chairperson, Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Jane Adamson and Billy Day, Inuvialuit Communications Society
Adamson discusses the importance of Aboriginal broadcasting to not only Aboriginal but non-Aboriginal Canadians as an educational and cross-cultural understanding tool; language and educational issues; and job training in broadcasting. Billy Day comments on trapping in Inuvik; the impact of the animal rights movement on the trapping economy; land claims and conservation; relations with the RCMP; as well as education and the impact of residential schooling in the North on Aboriginal languages. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Lou Fox
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Moore, Margaret Bernard, Barbara Bernard and Laura Bernard, Aboriginal Women's Association of Prince Edward Island
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Teya, Community Health Representative
Presentation discusses: health staffing concerns; alcoholism; the community's Concerned Persons Committee; suicide; running water, sewage, and basic infrastructure for Aboriginal people.