Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Woody Elias
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of Chief Pat Martel, Hay River Dene Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Echo Bay Mines by Doug Willy, Human Resource Manager and Tom Holford, General Manager of NWT Chamber of Mines
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 Inuvik Community Corporation, Pauline Gordon and Glenna Hansen
Vice-Chairman of Corporation discusses racism in Canada and its' impact on Aboriginal peoples, a lack of recognition of Aboriginal organizations as legitimate governing bodies and a suggestion to the Commission to "replace the system as it stands now and replace it with one that gives equal stature and governing powers to all." Chairman Hansen then presents on Aboriginal languages, the education system in the Northwest Territories, unequal treatment afforded French, problems facing Aboriginal professionals; and double standards in policing and justice systems.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Inuvik Regional Multicultural Society, Louis Beck and Simon Jozzy
Beck discusses "the society and what it stands for" through the use of a parable. Simon Jozzy discusses what the multicultural society means to him personally as an immigrant to Canada and stresses that "learning and education is the foundation of understanding." Beck then goes on to discuss racism and combatting it, while Jozzy adds the need for increased education and the important role that parents play in forming children's attitudes about race. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss the organization and some of the issues raised.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories by Gordon Lennie, Vice-President
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the NWT Office of the Language Commissioner by Commissioner Betty Harnum
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie by Sister Marie Karowny
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the South River First Nation by Jerry Paulette, Chief
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Student Association of Arctic College
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Yellowknife Metis Council by Clem Paul, President
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Yellowknives Dene Band Council by Chief Jonas Sangris and Chief Darrell Beaulieu, Closing Prayer
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: Remarks by Peter Katuk (via translator)
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.
Sannijaqpuq: A Parallel Vision for Territorial Intergovernmental Relations?
Seven Focal Economies For Six Focal Places: The Development of Economic Diversity in the Western Canadian Arctic
So This is Fiction?: Eastern Arctic Responses to Literature
A Social and Cultural Capital Approach to Understanding Traditional Activities on the Land in Two Northern Dene Communities
"Stay the Course...and Together We Can Secure the Foundation That Has Been Built": Supplementary Report: Children and Youth
Telling a Story of Change the Dene Way: Indicators for Monitoring in Diamond Impacted Communities
'These Days, We Feel Like We Have a Say': Indigenous Knowledge, Political Change and Resource Management in the Mackenzie Valley
Through Cultural Eyes: Perspectives on Aboriginal Governance: Keynote Address
Treaty No. 8 and the Trapping Rights of Aboriginal Peoples: Empty Promises?
The Truth Was in It: History, Perception, Knowledge, and Relationship in a Subarctic Community
Two Paths One Direction: Parks Canada and Aboriginal Peoples Working Together
Understanding the Story of Change Within the Government of the Northwest Territories
Unikkaaqatigiit: Putting the Human Face on Climate Change: Perspectives from Nunavik Communities
Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments
Unikkaaqatigiit: Putting the Human Face on Climate Change: Perspectives from the Inunvialuit Settlement Region
Wage Labor, Housing Policy, and the Nucleation of Inuit Households
Well-Being in First Nations Communities: The Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, 2006: Northwest Territories [Map]
When is Research Relevant to Policy Making? A Study of the Arctic Human Development Report
Whose North? Political Change, Political Development, and Self-Government in the Northwest Territories
Windspeaker Sports Briefs
Discusses the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project and the distribution of spirit boxes to remote northern Aboriginal communities.
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