File contains a presentation by Sami Qumaraq, Inuit Women's Group. Qumaraq discusses women's issues on Baffin Island, and especially the challenges faced by youth in their communities. Qumaraq highlights the need for more counsellors and support services for people, particularly in smaller communities than Iqualuit. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault thanks her.

File contains a presentation by Simonie Alainga, resident of Iqaluit, Northwest Territories [Nunavut], via translator. He relates his memories of Iqaluit beginning in 1938. He recalls the relocation of Inuit people to Iqaluit by 1945 and the unwillingness of his people to move.

File contains a presentation by Stephen Rolland of the Fort Simpson Historical Society who gives a slide show of persons and buildings that have historical significance in the Fort Simpson area.

File contains a presentation by Tat Tatoosh, Linguistic Graduate, University of Victoria. Tatoosh discusses Nuu-Chah-Nulth language programs for children within the British Columbia School District No. 70/Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council area. Tatoosh discusses the Nuu-Chah-Nulth language, its importance to the culture, Euro-Canadians difficulty in learning it, and curriculum development. Following the presentation is a discussion on language and culture issues in education between Commissioner Georges Erasmus, Commissioner Viola Robinson, Tatoosh, and previous presenter Denny Grisdale.

File contains a presentation by Tim Paul, Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, Curriculum Co-ordinator. Paul discusses the partnership and relations between the Tribal Council and British Columbia School District No. 11. Also included are some remarks by School District reprentative and preceding presenter Denny Grisdale on similar issues. Following the presentation is a short discussion between Commissioner Georges Erasmus and the two presenters.

File contains a presentation by Tobique Women's Group. The group's representatives who include Caroline Innis, Karen Perley, Marina Moulton, and Bet-te Paul make a series of recommendations to the Commission which they think will improve the lives and representation of Aboriginal women across Canada.

File contains a presentation by Trustee Heather Maloney, School District Liaison Committee. Maloney discusses how the liaison committee between the District No. 70 School Board (British Columbia) and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council operates. Following her presentation are a series of remarks by the two preceding presenters, Denny Grisdale, and Donna Brett, also from the School District, on programs and policies they have implemented with relation to Nuu-Chah-Nulth students.

File contains a presentation by Violet Monday, Wife of the Chief Councillor of the Ucluelet First Nation for Health Affairs. Monday reads a presentation compiled by the First Nations' family care worker and health worker for the Commission.

File contains a presentation by Wally Samuel concerning how off-reserve Aboriginals "are treated by our own people because of the Indian Act." When off-reserve Aboriginals try to access programs on-reserve, they are denied. Samuel calls for more funding to help those off-reserve people recover and retain their culture. He introduces the next speaker, Wilfred Price.

File contains a brief individual presentation by Walter Davis, a [retired health care worker] who, years ago, travelled by boat doing health education work along the coast of Labrador. He apologizes, as a non-Native, for his ancestors who "exploited your resources for all they were worth." He believes that attitudes are changing, but notes that only two years earlier [1990], there was no government support at any level regarding a proposed commemorative tablet in the Peace Park in honour of the Beothuk people. In closing, Davis thanks the Commission for their work.

File contains a presentation by Wilfred Price discussing self-government and he states that "70 percent of our people who are living off-reserve do not get proper representation." He presents the idea that having a small group of people from a population of tens of thousands of Aboriginal people in BC elect a select few to represent them is wrong. He wants self-government where all are involved, not just a few. Comments from Co-Chair Georges Erasmus follow the presentation.

This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes a presentation of the Vancouver Native Health Society by Alan Kennard and Deborah Mearns concerning health care systems and services in the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow the presentation.

File contains remarks by Art Wilson, Commissioner For the Day. He provides a history of the Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en people and the long house where the hearing is held.

File contains opening remarks by Georges Erasmus and Viola Robinson explaining the purpose and objectives of the Royal Commission.

Looks at Aboriginal women's human rights, women and customary law, and experiences with mainstream law.

Argues that there is a need for broader interpretations of news media coverage of Native women's issues in the historical Canadian context.

Discusses debate over land right obligations of Norwegian State towards the Sami people after the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 in 1990.

Reviews the laws from 1850 to the present and concludes that real equality cannot be achieved without political and territorial rights.

Looks at the contemporary Sami movement and policy by examining historical conflict and challenges.

Web page provides links to 18 original documents regarding case which addresses gender discrimination in the Indian Act.

Talks about basic fundamental human rights under international law: physical existence, self-determination, and the use of natural resources.

Reports on the 1924 "The Declaration of the Right of the Child" and the work that the Save The Children Fund does in New South Wales, Australia.

Comments on the ethnic history of the Tuvan people, and on the changing social, economic and geopolitical conditions they are facing.

Book review of: Saving the reservation... by John Fahey.

Discusses the history of injustice against Indigenous peoples and ethnocultural minorities in British Columbia, and a case study that looks at the impact of reparation displacement.

Discusses the formation of the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada (IRSR), and it's role surrounding church, government, and budget in settling claims out of court.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

Presents a case of arbitrary arrest and detention by RCMP officers in Saskatchewan.

Discuss campaigns and eugenics programs in Canada and the United States forcing thousands of Indigenous women to receive compulsory sterilization.

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.

Explores difficulties involved in reconciling First Nations women's human rights with the right to self-government, which may result in discrimination against women in areas such as band membership.

Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.

Discusses, in a broader political framework, the need for greater inclusion of Aboriginal women in academic and political circles.

Discusses the inconsistencies to a number of the proposed rights based on John Locke's theories, and the governments views on the individual rights. Access article through table of contents.

Briefly discusses the necessity of decolonization within the context of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Aboriginal peoples.

Looks at the lack of studies that consider whether and how violence against women is related to self-determination and autonomy.

Conference explores the topic and makes recommendations to be presented at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, Austria.

Discusses the establishment of a community-based credit union as an example of a self-determined development model implemented by the peoples of Kalimantan. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.

Looks at the construction and recognition of self-determination as a right of Indigenous peoples.

Discusses responsibilities Greenland will take over from Denmark, economic consequences and environmental changes.

Book review of: Severing the Ties that Bind by Katherine Pettipas.

Political Economy Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.

Debates the impacts of traditional shifting cultivation on land cover, deforestation and carbon emission.

Comments on societal and institutional racism against Indigenous peoples.

Chronicles how various governments around the world used the September 11, 2001 attacks to enact anti terror legislation that eroded basic human rights. To access this article scroll down to page 6.

Examines history of reindeer husbandry and present conditions in post Soviet Russia. To access this article, scroll down to page 60.

Silvia Carrera discusses her life, the social discrimination against Indigenous peoples, and strategies for dealing with the government.

Discusses the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) National consultation of Indigenous communities, on climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).

Lesson plans for both elementary and secondary students.