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Public Engagement and the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: Attempting to Understand Nunavut's Poverty Reduction Strategy
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The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War
Roots of Resilience: Overcoming Inequities in Aboriginal Communities
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 16: St. John's, Newfoundland
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 23: The Long House, Teslin, Yukon Territory
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 25: Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 43: Sheshatshiu, Labrador
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Closing Remarks by Allan Blakeney, Commissioner
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andre Maltais, Associate General Secretary, Secretariat aux Affaires autochtones, Governement du Quebec
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 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.