Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer, Presentation on behalf of Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer, Remarks by Mark Douglas
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Billy Two Rivers, Commissioner of the Day and Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Commissioner Mary Sillett
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Gary Swite, Westbank Indian Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair and Paul Chartrand, Commissioner
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Max King, Moderator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Nelson Mayer, Native Council of Canada
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening remarks for Vancouver, British Columbia session
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Overview of Discussion paper No. 7 by Josepi Padlayat
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Preliminary remarks by Co-Chair Rene Dussault
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Adrien De Groot, Commissioner, Northern Manitoba Economic Development Corporation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Al Adams, Deputy Mayor, City of Thompson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alan Marcus
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Albert Fisher and Closing Prayer
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alphonse Janvier
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alwyn Morris, President, Alwyn Morris Educational Athletic Foundation
Historical note:
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Amos Key, Post-secondary Interim Board, Six Nations of the Grand River
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 Andrew Kirkness, Indian Council, First Nations of Manitoba, Glen McIvor, President, Wabowden Treaty Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andrew Orkin
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Armand Brousseau and Pierre Desnoyers
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Armand Couture, Robert Brunet, Andre Laporte and Mr. Marguillier, Hydro-Quebec
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Art Petahtegoose
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Athelstan Burrows, Commissioner, Chateauguay Valley Protestant School Board and David Daoust, Executive Director, Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Barry Kennedy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bent G. Sivertz Former Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernard Gordon
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by BillyJo De La Ronde, Labour Canada
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bishop Sjoberg, Dr. Kuhn and Cathy Dorland, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brenda Gedeon Miller, Listuguj Mi'kmaq First Nation Government
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brenda Mary Jones, Cathy Sewell, Marty Landry and Alan Telford, Aboriginal Student Council, University of Alberta
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bridget Elliott, Martha Mackenzie
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bud Neville
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Camille Bote, President and Daniele Pion, Quebec Representative, National Steering Committee, Law Students Constitutional Conferences in Canada
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Carol Croxon
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cathy LaValley
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Celeste McKay and Joyce Courchene, Indigenous Womens Collective
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Agnes Snow, Canoe Creek Indian Band
Presentation focusing on residential schools and government policy. Snow states that because the federal government wanted to assimilate Aboriginal peoples, they have lost their languages, traditions and values. Family violence, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, unemployment and poor physical and mental health are problematic on her First Nation, and she calls on the Commission to ensure that her First Nation continues to receive government funding to combat these social problems. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Edward John
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Fred Fraser, Tsuu T'ina Bill C-31 Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Beaucage
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Wesley, Kitsumkalum Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gordon Peters, Chiefs of Ontario
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Joyce Manuel, Lisa Allgaier, and Bob Manuel, Neskonlith Indian Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Richard Lebouradais, Whispering Pines First Nations Government
Presentation focusing on Aboriginal self-government. Chief makes a number of recommendations relating to self-government, including that the federal government financially assist First Nations in developing First Nations governments, and that the governments also recognize and uphold the 'pre-Treaty' agreements that are in place and that are presently being negotiated. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.