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Betsiamites Band Highways 138 and Riviere Betsaimites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report (French Version)
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Indian Claims Commission
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Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Betsiamites Band Council, Route 138 and the Betsiamites Reserve, Public Edition, July 2008
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Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
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FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include: Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Betsiamites Band: Highway 138 and Rivière Betsiamites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Canada's Fiduciary Obligation to Aboriginal Peoples in the Context of Accession to Sovereignty by Quebec ; Volume 2 Domestic Dimensions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Renée Dupuis
Kent McNeil
Description
Prepared as part of research program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Comparative Assessment of the Position of Indigenous Peoples in Quebec, Canada and Abroad
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
New edition of report provides overview of original and looks at relevant issues in the same countries including demographics, policy, fiscal information, legal framework, land rights and other important issues.
Final Report of the Honorable Jean-Jacques Croteau Retired Judge of the Superior Court Regarding the Allegations Concerning the Slaughter of Inuit Sled Dogs in Nunavik (1950-1970)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-Jacques Crotueau
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Inquiry found that harmful consequences occurred due to the actions of individuals acting on behalf of both the Canadian and Quebec governments.
First Follow-Up Report on the Viens Commission: Assessment of the Implementation of the 142 Call for Action of the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
A Five-Year Plan to Create a Public Government in Nunavik
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 52-55
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Overview of the comprehensive recommendations put forward by the Nunavik Commission Report in 2001.
To access article scroll down to page 52.
The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XIX, No. 6, June, 1956)
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"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Indian Record (Vol. XXVI, No. 5, October, 1963)
Documents & Presentations
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"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.
Investigating the Inuit-Canadian Government Relationship. Claiming about the Fate of Inuit Dogs and Inuit Leadership
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Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francis Lévesque
Description
In-depth look at the process and strategy of claims made against the Federal government by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) and the Makivik Corporation for the killing of Inuit sled dogs between 1950 and 1970.
"Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada."
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Author/Creator
Church of England in Canada
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This file contains three reports on the missionary and other work of the Church of England, mainly in Canada, in the early 20th century: "The Diocese of Qu'Appelle (1908?)," "M.S.C.C. Report of Committee on work among Indians and Eskimos, Montreal October, 19th, 1916," and "Report of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada for the year 1903." The first two booklets are mainly financial reports, while the latter report gives a short history of the church in Canada, and the activity of Indians in the various missions. Part of this report was scanned.
The Power of a Single Feather: Meech Lake, Indigenous Resistance and the Evolution of Indigenous Politics in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Peach
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-29
Description
Examines how the Meech Lake Accord resulted in increased activism and the implications for national politics and Aboriginal policy. Also explores how the momentum of that period has been lost and what could be done to renew it.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
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Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
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Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Reclaiming Power and Place Volume 2: A Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Kepek--Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Remembering the Children - Indian Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Description
Speech by Assembly of First Nations Chief about the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission given during the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders' Tour.
Report on the Inquiry into the Claim of the Micmacs of
Gesgapegiag First Nation to Horse Island
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC)regarding Horse Island. ICC recommends that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) write to all the First Nations whose claims were rejected because of the policy against the pre-Confederation claims so they can be reconsidered. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 115: Opening Remarks
Documents & Presentations
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File contains opening remarks by Commissioners Dussault and Erasmus from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Bonaventure in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, May 7, 1993.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 115: Round Table No. 1
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File contains a round table discussion on the Oka Crisis of 1990, and related issues of Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal relations in the Oka area. Panelists represented include Michel Ben Sabat, a citizen of the Chateguay, Quebec, area; Jean-Bosco Bourcier, Mayor of Chateauguay; Pierrette Cardinal, Quebec MNA; Michael Hackett, City Councillor, Chateguay, Quebec; Celine Leduc, a citizen of Chateguay, Quebec; and Ricardo Lopez, federal MP for Chateguay. Issues discussed include jurisdictional, legal, discrimination, and taxation concerns.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 133: Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec
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RCAP 133 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to forestry, women's rights, land claims, self-government and tourism.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 134: Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec
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RCAP 134 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to hunting and trapping, sports, elders' rights, post-secondary education, land claims, self-government and mining.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 143 Open Forum: Presentation by Art Solomon
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The file contains an open forum presentation by Art Solomon. Solomon discusses his views on residential schools, colonialism, the role of Aboriginal societies as teachers, the imposition of patriarchy by Churches, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 169: Restigouche, Quebec
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
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RCAP 169 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Restigouche, Quebec. Subjects discussed are self-government and the Indian Act. Presentations can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 170: Revised Transcript - Restigouche, Quebec
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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RCAP 170 contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Restigouche, Quebec. The format is an informal round table with the presentations focusing on tourism, education and self-government. Presentations can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 27: Commissioners' Opening Remarks in Inukjuak, Quebec
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File contains opening remarks by the Commissioners of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples during its sitting at Inukjuak, Quebec on June 8, 1992. Following brief remarks by Inukjuak's mayor Jobie Epoo, Commissioners Rene Dussault, Bertha Wilson, Mary Sillet discuss the composition of the Commission, its mandate, and goals.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 69: Wendake, Quebec City, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Wendake, Quebec City, Quebec, on Tuesday, November 17, 1992. Includes presentations by the Huron-Wendat Nation, other Aboriginal organizations and several academics. For detailed presentation titles see file. File is an English translation of the original French transcript.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 70: Wendake, Quebec City, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Wendake, Quebec City, Quebec, on Wednesday, November 18, 1992. Includes presentations by the Huron-Wendat Nation, other Aboriginal organizations and several academics. For detailed presentation titles see file. File is an English translation of the original French transcript.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 75: Opening Remarks by Commissioners Rene Dussault, Bertha Wilson, and Paul Chartrand
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Rene Dussault
Bertha Wilson
Paul Chartrand
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File contains opening remarks for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Uashat, Sept-Iles, Quebec, Thursday, November 19, 1992 by Commissioners Rene Dussault, Bertha Wilson, and Paul Chartrand. Commissioner Dussault gives an overview of the composition of the Commission, its goals, and activities. Commissioner Wilson offers her perspective as a Non-Aboriginal member of the Commission and makes remarks on its mandate.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 76: Mani-Utenam, Sept-Iles, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Mani-Utenam, Sept-Iles, Quebec, . File includes a variety of presentations from bands, Aboriginal organizations, a member of Parliament, community groups, individuals, and Church officials. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 81: Opening Prayer, Mayor Rene Tetreault, Welcoming Remarks, Opening Remarks, Commissioner Rene Dussault
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Albert Tenasco
Ronald Tetreault
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File contains an opening prayer, welcoming remarks, and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Confortel in Val D'or, Quebec, Monday, November 30, 1992. Following an opening prayer, Chief Albert Tenasco Jr. of the Algonquin Anishnabeg Nation, and Mayor of Val D'Or Ronald Tetreault welcome the Royal Commission to the city. Commissioner Rene Dussault then discusses the composition of the Commission, its mandate and goals. Commissioners Viola Robinson and Allan Blakeney also deliver brief introductory remarks.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 87: Maniwaki, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Maniwaki Community Hall, Maniwaki, Quebec, Wednesday, December 2, 1992. File contains presentations from the International Labour Organization, First Nations organizations, individuals, and an open discussion forum.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 87: Prayer, Opening Ceremony, Welcoming and Opening Remarks
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File contains a prayer, opening ceremony, welcoming and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Maniwaki Community Hall, Maniwaki, Quebec, Wednesday, December 2, 1992. File contains welcoming remarks by Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Council, and Robert Coulombe, Mayor of Maniwake. File also includes opening remarks by Commissioner Rene Dussault who besides explaining the Commissions mandate, composition, and goals introduces Commissioner for the day Leonard Odjick.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Manawan, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Manawan, Quebec, on Thursday December 3, 1992. File contains Presentaitons by the Council of the Attitkamek Nation, various other Attitkamek organizations, Band Councils, women's and community groups. Contents are nearly identical to RCAP88b; for the transcript in French see file RCAP88.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Open Forum and Closing Remarks
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File contains an open discussion forum from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Manawan, Quebec, on December 3, 1992. Participants include Commissioners Rene Dussault, Viola Robinson, and Paul-Emile Ottawa. Other participants include Maxime Ottawa (translated from Atikamekw), and Paul Weizineau (translated from French). Maxime Ottawa discusses his views on the days proceedings, and the need for the Atikamekw people to change their psychology and way of thinking. Ottawa speaks of the need for respect for elders and traditional education in order to do this.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Opening Prayer and Remarks
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File contains opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Manawan Community Centre at Manawan, Quebec, on Thursday December 3, 1992. Facilitator Gilles Ottawa, Chief Henri Ottawa of Manawan, and Commissioner Rene Dussault all deliver opening remarks. After words of welcome by the Ottawas, Dussault gives an overview of the Commissions mandate, composition and goals. Commissioner Robinson and Commissioner for the day Paul-Emile Ottawa also make some brief introductory remarks.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by Hubert Clary, Chief of the Obedjiwan Council
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File contains a presentation by Hubert Clary, Chief of the Obedjiwan Council. Clary discusses the overexploitian of natural resouces (forestry, wildflife) around his community and the detrimental effects this has had. Clary also stresses that his people are not anti-development but wish to be partners in development on their territory. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Robinson discuss some of the issues raised with Clary.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by Marcel Boivin, Chief of the Weymontachie Council
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File contains a presentation by Chief Marcel Boivin of the Weymontachie Council. Boivin discusses the Weymontachie community in demographic terms, and social problems facing it. Boivin also discuses relations with the federal and Quebec governments, forestry development, and land claims negotiations. Following the presentation Boivin discusses some of these issues with Robinson and Dussault.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by the Attikamek-Montagnais Council, Ernest Ottawa, Vice President
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File contains a presentation by Vice President Ernest Ottawa of the Attikamek-Montagnais Council. Ottawa discusses the Council which consists of three Attikamek communities in Lac St-Jean, the North Shore, the lower North Shore, and Sheffereville in the North, and its mandate of coming to an agreement with the Governments of Quebec and Canada on the settlement of comprehensive land claims. Following Ottawa's presentation Commissioners Ottawa, Robinson, and Dussault discuss some of the issues raised with him.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by the Council of the Attikamek Nation, Simon Awashish, President
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File contains a presentation by President Simon Awashish of the Council of the Attikamek Nation. Awashish discusses the history of the Attikamek, land holding, land management, self-governance, economic development, wildlife management, and resources. Following the presentation Awashish discusses these issues with Dussault.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88b: Manawan, Quebec
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File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Manawan, Quebec, on Thursday December 3, 1992. File contains Presentations by the Council of the Attitkamek Nation, various other Attitkamek organizations, Band Councils, and women's and community groups. File is identical in content to RCAP88a.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Closing Remarks by Chief MIke Mitchell
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Mike Mitchell
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This file contains closing remarks by Chief Mike Mitchell.
Historical note:
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Closing Remarks by Rene Dussault
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File contains closing remarks by Commissioner Rene Dussault for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Wendake, Quebec City, Quebec, on November 18, 1992.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Closing Remarks by the Commissioners and Grand Chief Joseph T. Norton
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Joseph T. Norton
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This file contains closing remarks by the Commission and Grand Chief Joseph T. Norton.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Andrew Rickard, Edinburgh First Nation (Via Translator)
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File contains an individual presentation by Andrew Rickard that covers a number of topics, including extinction of Aboriginal languages, self-government, natural resources rights and the lack of Aboriginals in mainstream jobs. A lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Irene Neeposh (Via Translator)
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File contains an indivdual presentation by Irene Neeposh, a trapper, expressing personal dissatisfaction with government restrictions on Income Security and the use of wood for shelters and campfires. She calls on the Commission to ensure that her way of life on the trapline will not be phased out of existence with more government restrictions.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Billy Two Rivers, Commissioner of the Day and Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Billy Two Rivers
Georges Erasmus
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This file contains opening remarks by Billy Two Rivers, Commissioner of the Day and Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Preliminary remarks by Co-Chair Rene Dussault
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File contains preliminary remarks by Co-Chair Rene Dussault before Round Table No. 2 at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, on May 7, 1993.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Algonquin College Aboriginal Students
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File contains a presentation by Aboriginal Students from Algonquin College. The students voice a variety of concerns related to education, race relations, grass roots politics, cultural revival, the justice system, history curricula, drug and alcohol abuse, health service facilities, and assimilation. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss the students concerns with them.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alliance autochtone du Quebec
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File contains a presentation by Eric Joubert, spokesperson of the Alliance autochtone du Quebec. Joubert describes the background of his organization which exists to assist Metis, Non-status, and status off reserve populations in Quebec and its involvement in various programs. Joubert then discusses rights concerns. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault thanks Joubert for his suggestion.