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The Impact of Aboriginal Land Claims and Self-Government on Canadian Municipalities: The Local Government Perspective
Inquiry into the Treaty Land Entitlement Claim of the Fort McKay First Nation
The Inuit and Their Land: The Story of Nunavut
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Cindy Gilday
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Greg Newley
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alan Maksagak, Kitikmeot Inuit Association (Via Translator)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cheryl Sibbeston, Student Representative, Alternative Grade 10 Class
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Bill Erasmus of the Dene Nation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Antoine and Rene Lamothe
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief James Firth, Inuvik Gwich'in Council
Presentation on the history of Inuvik including the relocation of people by the government from nearby Aklavik to Inuvik; alcoholism and related social and health problems; the need to prepare for future resource development; the need for cross-cultural co-operation and mutual respect; some of the goals of the Council; the relationship of self-esteem to quality of life; and the need for a "renewed political arrangement with the Government of Canada."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief James Ross
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Diane Petersen
Presenter gives an overview of the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement which applies to part of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dick Hill
Presenter discusses the administrative, economic, and demographic composition of Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Hill discusses its' ethnic composition (1/3 First Nations, 1/3 Inuit, 1/3 other), its' administrative and institutional apparatus, and related issues in response to questioning from Commissioners Rene Dussault, Allan Blakeney, Grace Blake, and Mary Sillett. Land claims and economic development are also discussed.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Francois Paulette
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by James Mercredi, Fort Simpson Dene Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jim Antoine, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Nahende
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Kelvin Ng, Kitikmeot Regional Council
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 the Honourable Stephen Kafkwi, Government of the Northwest Territories, Minister for Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Henry Zoe, MLA
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the South River First Nation by Jerry Paulette, Chief
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentations by Cheryl Greenland, Gwich'in Youth and Eugene Pascal, Chief, Aklavik Indian Band
Greenland discusses Gwich'in language and culture, post-secondary education, and general youth concerns. Chief Pascal discusses the Mackenzie Delta region and its' significance; the legacy of cultural destruction; the importance of self-determination and self-governance; language education; the need for program development for the Gwi'chin of the Mackenzie Delta including "treaty, non-status, Metis;" a land claim agreement and its' particulars; and the need to decentralize powers from the federal and territorial governments back to the Gwich'in people.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Second Presentation by Chief James Ross
Second presentation discusses the Gwich'in people's land claim in the Northwest and Yukon Territories, their history, Treaty No. 11 and general economic and political issues facing the Gwich'in people.