Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret Donovan, Vice-President, Gwich'in Tribal Council
Presenter discusses: the history of the Gwich'in people including the signing of Treaty 11 in 1921; land claim issues; language rights and recognition; self-governance and intergovernmental relations; and cultural, educational, and quality of life concerns.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret Klopenberg and Christine Hoffman, North Central Alberta Crisis Intervention Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret McCullough, Yukon Human Rights Commission
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret Ruda, Saskatchewan Native Addictions Council Corporation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret Teneese, Shuswap Indian Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marge Friedel, Women of the Metis Nation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marge Lalonde
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margo Vermillion
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marilyn Fontaine, Spokesperson, Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marion Lindsay, Umpherville Women's Group
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marjorie Andersen
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mark Wedge, Yukon Indian Development Corporation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Antoniow, Family Support Worker Co-Ordinator, Indian Friendship Centre, Sault Ste. Marie
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Pierre and Bernadette Cook, Ontario Native Women's Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Poitras
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 Frost on behalf of Grafton Njootli, Vuntut Gwitch'in First Nation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marvin Sampson, Chief Councillor, Glen Vowell Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ann Felle, Cross Cultural Information Committee
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Charleson, Victoria, British Columbia, Via Sign Language Interpreter
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Desmoulin, Sault Ste. Marie Friendship Centre
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ellen Arnup, Research Officer, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Province of Alberta
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ellen Turpel
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Ford
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Guilbeault, Vice-Chairperson, Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
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.