Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
Historical Papers (Canadian Society of Church History) ; 1993
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter Bush
Description
Comments on two residential schools operated by the Women's Missionary Society (Western Division)
Chapter from Historical Papers 1993: Canadian Society of Church History edited by Bruce L. Guenther.
File contains the transcript of a portion of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the presentation of Discussion Paper D written by Professor Emma LaRocque but given by Jo-Anne Daniels on Day 1. Also contained are a series of questions from the audience regarding this paper and that previously presented paper by Dr. Clare Brant.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bishop Sjoberg
Dr. Kuhn
Cathy Dorland
Description
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.
File contains a presentation by Deborah Herman, Co-ordinator, Kettle Point Caregivers. Herman discusses healing, specifically her organization's community healing project. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Herman.
This file contains a presentation by Ed Newbery of the Outreach Committee of St. James United Church in Simcoe, Ontario. He reads a statement from the Outreach Committee that "expresses support for the self-direction and support for political and economic means resulting in the self-determination of Aboriginal people."
File contains a presentation by Jean Koning. Koning discusses her views as a Canadian citizen and member of the Anglican Church of Canada on Aboriginal issues. Amongst the issues she raises are history curricula, rights struggles, and cultural concerns. Following her presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Koning.
File contains a presentation by Laurent Gagnon of Moral Rearmament. Moral Rearmament (now Initiatives of Change International) is an international moral and spiritual movement that, in 1938, grew out of the Reverend Frank N. D. Buchman's Oxford Group. Gagnon discusses the personal development of his changing views as someone from a Quebecois farming background towards the province's Aboriginal people. Gagnon discusses how his organization has worked to build dialogue and partnerships between communities in conflict worldwide, and the parallels between the Aboriginal and Quebecois experience.
File contains a presentation by the Reverend Doug Greenough of the St. Clair United Church. Reverend Greenough, pastor of a Church on the Sarnia Reserve, discusses the United Church of Canada's views on Aboriginal spirituality, his own personal ones, and cross-cultural understanding.
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation by Walter Stonechild concerning various issues of the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also present. In addition brief comments and the closing prayer are also present.
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation given by Neil Monague at the Round Table discussion on Healing issues(Body, Mind and Soul) in the Aboriginal Community.
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Peggy Monague at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."