Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leoni Kappi
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lex Ross and Billy McReady, Amulet Consulting, Frederiction, New Brunswick
Historical note:
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Linda Pinch, Manager, Residence/Halfway House, Young Women's Christian Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Linda Staats and Vivian Bomberry, Grand River Polytechnical Institute, Hagersville, Ontario
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lionel Whiteduck, Director, Health and Social Services, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lisa Raven, Hollow Water Band, Wanipigow School
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lise Bastien, First Nations Education Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lorna Standingready
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lorne Smith
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louisa Smith, North Coast Tribal Council, and Bernice Goldie
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lyle Boland
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maguerite Sanderson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marg Beament, NorSask Native Outreach
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marguerite Cardin, Elder and Pierre Taillon, Directeur, Alliance autochtone, Local st-Jerome
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marie Mumford, Sandra Laronde and Elaine Bomberry, Association of Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marinus Dieleman and Tom Mills, Northern College
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mario Paradis, President and Rene Boileau, Research Advisor, Association des Metis et Indiens Hors-Reserves du Quebec Inc.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Martha Waite, Métis Women, Northern Region II
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marty Snelling, Young Men's Christian Association and Mary Kelleher, Co-Ordinator, Pre-Employment Program
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marvin Sampson, Chief Councillor, Glen Vowell Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ann Crow Healy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Carpenter
Presenter from Inuvialuit claims to be at the sitting to "represent the voice of the Inuit who have been silenced by our Inuit leaders." Carpenter gives her view of the High Arctic Relocation program, and makes allegations that members of the Inuit community threatened to have her murdered if she spoke out about any issues to the Commission.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Jane Adamson and Billy Day, Inuvialuit Communications Society
Adamson discusses the importance of Aboriginal broadcasting to not only Aboriginal but non-Aboriginal Canadians as an educational and cross-cultural understanding tool; language and educational issues; and job training in broadcasting. Billy Day comments on trapping in Inuvik; the impact of the animal rights movement on the trapping economy; land claims and conservation; relations with the RCMP; as well as education and the impact of residential schooling in the North on Aboriginal languages. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised.