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Presentation by Blair Paul, Membertou Reserve
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 38: Opening Remarks by Commissioners
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Commissioner Cy Standing and Chief Lorne Waditaka
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Councillor Earl Smith
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief George Watts, Chairman of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Gerald Wesley, Kitsumkalum Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Victor Muse, St. George's Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Elijah Harper
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Grace Meconse, Vice-President, Native Mediation Inc.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Council, Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maureen Larkin
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Patsy Bernard
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Paul Hogan
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Philip Fontaine, Grand Chief, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Ricki Schock, Native Outreach Coordinator, Native Council PEI
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Roy Myke, Jim Brady Metis Local Representative
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Sharon Pelletier, Student, University of Manitoba
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Honourable Stephen Kafkwi, Government of the Northwest Territories, Minister for Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Tony Punko, Executive Director, Athabasca Tribal Corporation
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: 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.