Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Larry Desmeules, Metis National Council and Sheila Genaille, President, Metis National Council of Women and Metis Women's Association of Alberta
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Larry Ussak
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lashelle Brant, First Peoples Fund of Toronto
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Laurie Moyes, Counsellor Trainee, Dene Law Centre of British Columbia
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Laverne Cook
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lazaursie Epoo
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leetia James, Baffin Region Uvik Society
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leo Marcellous, Individual Presentation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leonard Morin, Regional Representative, Metis Society of Saskatchewan
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leoni Kappi
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Leslie Knight
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lillian Sanderson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Lillian Sanderson
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 Sioui
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 Lorraine McKay, Acting Chairperson, Native Education Advisory Committee, Brandon, Manitoba
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louie Frank
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louis Pilakapsi, President, Keewatin Inuit Association (Via Translator)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louise Bouvier, Yukon Indian Women's Association
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louise Chippeway, Chairperson, Aboriginal Advisory Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Luke Novoligak, Kaloktutiak Co-Op, Cambridge Bay (Via Translator)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Maliotenam Band Council
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Manawan Council of Women, Therese Ottawa, Delima Niquay
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marcelle Sinclair, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marg Beament, NorSask Native Outreach
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 Teneese, Shuswap Indian Band
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marilyn Fontaine, Spokesperson, Aboriginal Women's Unity Coalition
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marinus Dieleman and Tom Mills, Northern College
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 Marlene Poitras
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 Echalook
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 Ellen Arnup, Research Officer, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Province of Alberta
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.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Nowrakdluk
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Rose Maksagak, Councillor, Hamlet of Cambridge Bay
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Teya, Community Health Representative
Presentation discusses: health staffing concerns; alcoholism; the community's Concerned Persons Committee; suicide; running water, sewage, and basic infrastructure for Aboriginal people.