Piapot: Man and Myth
Report of Interview Dr. L.H. Thomas and Mr. Gabriel Leveille
Historical note:
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 73: Pioneer Inn, Fort St. John, B.C.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion with Attendees and Commissioners
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Lionel Rich, Sheshatshiu (Via Translator)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Rodney Louie
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer and Presentation by Sergeant Randy Munroe, R.C.M.P., Fort St. John Detachment
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andrew Boase, Hopedale RCMP
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brad Enge, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cece McAuley and Closing Remarks
McCauley comments on Aboriginal staffing issues with the Inuvik RCMP, as well as job training and government employment generally in Northern communities. Following McCauley's comments is a general discussion between Commissioners John Holman and preceding presenter George Gillies on Inuvik hospital maintenance costs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Edmund Metatawabin and Cecilia Scott, Fort Albany First Nations
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Ignace Gull
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by George Rich, Innu Nation and Davis Inlet Band Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Innu Nation, George Rich, Vice-President
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.