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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Youth Circle - Comments by Rene Dussault, Co-Chair and Viola Robinson, Commissioner

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains comments on the students' presentation by Rene Dussault and Viola Robinson that acknowledge the "vibrancy" of the students' presentations. After the Commissioners' remarks, the floor is opened for a discussion with the students.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Youth Circle - Individual Presentation by Maggie Paul, Elder

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maggie Paul
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains an individual presentation by Maggie Paul. Her presentation focuses on the Alexander First Nation in Alberta, where social problems abounded in the 1980s. The residents joined together to hold cultural and recreational events in an abandoned school building on the First Nation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Youth Circle - Presentations by 13 Students

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This part contains presentations by 14 students, from both high school and post-secondary educational institutions in New Brunswick, discussing issues such as loss of Aboriginal culture and language, the role of elders in Aboriginal education, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and a lack of recreation programs and facilities on reserve and in cities.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Youth Presentations by Gary Standing, Ian Nighttraeller, Rick Favel, Margaret Samulson and Lyle Daniels

Documents & Presentations
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Regina Friendship Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes Youth Circle presentations made by Gary Standing, Ian Nighttraeller, Rick Favel, Margaret Samulson and Lyle Daniels in on the topic of youth involvement in the Aboriginal Community and the education system after which a discussion of the over-all presentations is recorded.
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The Royal Commission Report: Nine Steps to Rebuild Aboriginal Economies

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Cando-Royal Bank Symposium on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Looks at four types of Aboriginal economies, discusses conditions needed for rebuilding, and gives a summary of recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry, Public Edition - October 2007

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, legal documents, correspondence/letters, Field notes, excerpts, submissions, transcrips and the Inquiry Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

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Saskatchewan School Boards Association's Advocacy Paper for Mandatory Curriculum That Includes the Rich and Diverse History of First Nations and Métis Peoples Pre-Contact and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan School Boards Association
Position paper recommends "That the Ministry of Education move forward with curriculum renewal that includes the rich and diverse history of First Nations and Métis Peoples with their experience of the arrival of the European newcomers, and the legacy of the Indian Residential School era".
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[Satsan on Reconciliation. Part 1]

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Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 5:06. Part 1 of 5.
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[Satsan on Reconciliation. Part 3]

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Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 4:37. Part 3 of 5.
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[Satsan on Reconciliation. Part 4]

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Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February 2011. Duration: 4:47. Part 4 of 5.
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[Satsan on Reconciliation. Part 5]

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Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 4:33. Part 5 of 5.
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[Satsan on Reconciliaton. Part 2]

Alternate Title
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Herb George]
Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 4:15. Part 2 of 5.
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Saulteau First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement and Lands in Severalty Inquiry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Secret Cabinet Conclusions Index

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File contains agendas for cabinet meetings including discussions on the Indian Act, payment of medical and hospital services by non-status indigenous peoples, and the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission.
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Secret Cabinet Conclusions Index

Documents & Presentations
File contains agendas for cabinet meetings including discussions on Indian Claims Commission and the Inuit vs. the Quebec government.
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The Secret Path

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gord Downie
Jeff Lemire
Mike Downie
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large. Video duration:46:15. Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
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The Self Government Landscape

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Discusses the five realities of self government: historical reality, legal reality, political reality, economic reality, and one First Nation's reality.
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Sensitivity Needed When Dealing With Student Person of Interest

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 11, February 2011, p. 9

Looks at the proposition of Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada, to handle the named persons of survivors of residential schools with sensitivity.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience: Panel 1-Q and A. Joe Clark, Andrew Lee]

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Institute for the Study of International Development Conference 2014
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Question and Answer Period]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Clark
Andrew Lee
Remarks by Joe Clark and Andrew Lee regarding the important role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission followed by a question and answer period facilitated by the Commissioners. Duration: 1:10:48.
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[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience. Wilton Littlechild]

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[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Webcast focuses on discussing three points: where the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission is situated on the international stage, the special visit to Canada by the UN Special Rapporteur, James Anaya, and the interim report recommendations on the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. Duration: 18:25.
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Settler-State Apologies to Indigenous Peoples: A Normative Framework and Comparative Assessment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheryl Lightfoot
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 15-39
Supports apology for wrongs of the past and/or present and a credible commitment by the state for changes in future policy behavior. Article located by scrolling down page.
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A Sitting of the Commission

Images » Photographs
A photograph of the Half-Breed Commissioners sitting in their mess tent with Metis men and women during their visit to Devil's Lake near Sandy Lake reserve, 1900.

Historical note:

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Spring 2013 Report of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons]: Chapter 6: Creating a Historical Record of Indian Residential Schools

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michael Ferguson]
For Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Library and Archives Canada, the audit covered the period between May 2006, when the federal government approved the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and November 2012. For the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the period covered was from July 2009, when the current commissioners were appointed, and November 2012.The audit also included any significant subsequent events that occurred up until the completion date of he report. Audit work for this chapter was completed on 13 February 2013.
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Squaring the Circle: How Canada is Dealing with the Legacy of Its Indian Residential Schools Experiment

Alternate Title
IALL 18th Course on International Law Librarianship
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela O'Connor
International Journal of Legal Information, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 232-265
Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.
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