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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Discussion Relating to Education with Attendees and Commissioners

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This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Restigouche, Quebec. An informal round table discussion takes place after the presentations that focuses on education.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein

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File contains a portion of the transcript the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. This part of the volume contains the Luncheon Address given by Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein on Day 1.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening session opening prayer and remarks by Jim Sinclair

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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 the opening prayer and remarks made by Jim Sinclair, facilitator of the youth circle session, Patricia Saulis and Suzanne McLeod, both youths working with the Royal Commission and organizers of the youth circle.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Adult Education Issues, Closing Prayer

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File contains an evening session round table discussion on Adult Education issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants Jane Jackson and Helen Mills discuss post-secondary education concerns (including literacy, upgrading, poverty, and employment issues) with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson. Following the Round Table discussion is a closing prayer which concludes the day's sitting of the Royal Commission.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth

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File contains an Evening Session Round Table Discussion on Education and Youth Issues from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. File contains discussions on Secondary School Issues, Post-Secondary Issues, and Adult Education. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth, Opening Remarks and Slideshow

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File contains opening remarks and a slide show for the Evening Session Round Table on Education and Youth issues, part of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Bill Butler and Don Mitchell, moderators for the evening, welcome the participants and deliver a slide show highlighting various communities in Northern Ontario, and the way of life therein.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Education/Youth, Opening Remarks and Slideshow

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John Nakogee
John Long
Christina Duffy
Theresa Phillips
Glen Sutherland
File contains an evening session round table discussion on Secondary School issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants John Nakogee, John Long, Christina Duffy, Theresa Phillips, and Glen Sutherland discuss cultural, jurisdictional, financial, boarding, curriculum, and community concerns with each other and with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Evening Session Round Table on Post-Secondary Issues

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Virgina Wabano
Shawn Gladwish
Allen Sailors
Larry McLeod
Joe Skouras
Wendy Young
File contains an evening session round table discussion on Post-Secondary Education issues held at the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Canadore College, Weaver Auditorium, North Bay, Ontario, Tuesday, May 11, 1993. Participants Virgina Wabano, Shawn Gladwish, Allen Sailors, Larry McLeod, Joe Skouras, and Wendy Young discuss post-secondary education concerns with each other and with Commissioners Sillett and Wilson.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: First Part of Presentation by Frank Palmater, President, New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council

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This file contains the first part of a presentation by Frank Palmater focusing on the rights of off-reserve, non-status and Metis people in New Brunswick. Recommendations include federal government recognition of treaty rights and rights to Aboriginal cultures, languages, traditions, values and spirituality; recognition of the right to self-determination; and the right to co-exist with other Canadians. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Cathy First Rider

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The file contains further comments by Kathy First Rider. First Rider discusses her experiences growing up on reserve, how perceptions have changed amongst the Blackfoot youth since her childhood, her job educating the children in history and the Blackfoot language, encounters with racism in southern Alberta, and her views on these matters.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by John Stiffarm

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The file contains further comments by Moderator for the day John Stiffarm. Stiffarm recounts some of his personal experiences and the struggles he faced as a youth with racism, discrimination, alcohol, and drug abuse. Stiffarm discusses how he found meaning through traditional culture and spirituality, particularly through drumming, and its importance in healing people and communities.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Keith Weasel Head

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The file contains further comments by Keith Weasel Head. Weasel Head, who works at the Laverne Elementary School on the Blood Reserve, and is also a post-secondary student, discusses the problems youth face with drugs and alcohol. Weasel Head offers his personal perspective on how people can cope with and overcome these problems.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Kristen Bastien

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Kristen Bastien
The file contains further comments by Kristen Bastien. Bastien, a first year student at the University of Lethbridge, discusses the capping of post-secondary funding for Aboriginal students by the federal government and its implications for community development.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Narcisse Blood

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The file contains further comments by Narcisse Blood. Blood thanks some of the day's participants and states that "Our sun dance was outlawed, but we kept it going. Just the fact that we are still here is testimony to our resilience and it offers a lot of hope that the things that were planned for us did not come to be."
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Sheldon Wells

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The file contains further comments by Sheldon Wells. Wells, a part-time student at the University of Lethbridge, discusses his view that there should be support groups for Aboriginal children, including youth treatment centres for drug and alcohol abuse, suicide prevention, and increased cultural programming.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion between Commissioners and Presenters on Metis Issues

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File contains a general discussion on Metis issues by presenters Clem Chartier, Isabelle Impey, Cathy LaValley, Alphonse Janvier, Joyce Racette, Lyle Boland, Commissioners Rene Dussault and Viola Robinson. The topic of discussion is Metis issues in Saskatchewan. Topics covered include Metis rights, economics, self-governance, women and social issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion between Commissioners and Presenters on Urban Aboriginal Issues, Closing Remarks

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File contains a general discussion between presenters Cliff Wright, Theresa Dust, Robert Doucette, Jack Smith, Barry Kennedy, Commissioners Rene Dussault, Viola Robinson, and facilitator Murray Hamilton. The topic of discussion is urban Aboriginal issues in Saskatchewan, specifically issues raised in the preceding presentations listed under the presenter's names and available for viewing on this site.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion of Presentations by Ronnie Leah, Keith Chiefmoon, and Sheena Jackson

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File contains a general discussion between Commissioners George Erasmus and Viola Robinson, Moderator Reggie Crowshoe, and presenters Ronnie Leah, Keith Chiefmoon, and Sheena Jackson from this day's sitting. Comments from the floor are made by Celeste Strikes-With-A-Gun, Denna Jansen, Jim Penton, Myrna Roy, Mary Ann Crow, Jordan Chiefmoon, Devalon SmallLegs, Sandra Vielle and Roderick North Peigan. The discussion covers the topic of the presentations which is racism in Alberta, and the wider Canadian, society.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion on Metis and Aboriginal Issues, Rocky Simpson, Robert Ross, Abbey Crook

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The file contains a general discussion between Rocky Simpson, Robert Ross, Abbey Crook, and Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Paul Chartrand. The participants mainly discuss fisheries, Metis, and general Aboriginal identity issues. Rocky Simpson, Robert Ross, and Abbey Crook's earlier presentations to the Commission on this day can be viewed on this site.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: General Discussion on Women's Issues, Closing Prayer

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The file contains a general discussion on Women's Issues and a closing prayer. Commissioner Viola Robinson comments on some of the day's discussion paper presentations and engages in discussion with the presenters on issues raised, and general Aboriginal women's issues in Canada. Following the discussion period is a closing prayer to convene the day's sitting of the Royal Commission.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Alice Frost, Resident, Old Crow, Yukon

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File contains an individual presentation by Alice Frost relating to the necessity of elders teaching the Vuntut Gwitch'in language to youth and to social problems in Old Crow. Frost states that her community's social problems must be solved before "land claims is settled because we need educated people to run our self-government." A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Alice Sabourin

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File contains an individual presentation by Alice Sabourin who is completing her Master's degree in social work. She relates problems she has experienced with discrimination within the educational community, both as an Aboriginal person and as a woman. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Alvin Manitopyes, Environmental Committee, Assembly of First Nations

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This file contains an individual presentation given by Alvin Manitopyes relating to the protection of Aboriginal sacred sites and the protection of Aboriginal rights to spiritual freedom. Some sites are located off-reserve, and in provincial and federal crown lands. Manitopyes calls for federal legislation to protect sacred sites and for laws similar to the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in the United States.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Carl Curotte

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Carl Curotte
This file contains an individual presentation by Carl Curotte that covers a wide range of topics, including self-government, depleted fishing grounds in Newfoundland and British Columbia, and "the reality of Aboriginals not sharing in the prosperity of Canada as non-Aboriginals do."
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Dave Janvier

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This file contains an individual presentation by Dave Janvier detailing his struggle to upgrade his high school education so he can attend the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Janvier feels that the Department of Indian Affairs has unfairly denied him funding for high school upgrading. Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair, makes brief comments after the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Ernie Benedict

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Ernie Benedic
This file contains an individual presentation by Ernie Benedict focusing on broken treaties promises or treaties ignored altogether by the Canadian government. Benedict provides some history on early European contact in the Akwesasne. He questions where in his First Nations treaty was it stated that the St. Lawrence Seaway could be built without input from Aboriginals living in that area: "Where is the law in which an engineering drawing can supersede a treaty?"
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Hurbert (Lummy) Martin, Resident, [Restigouche, Quebec]

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Hurbert (Lummy) Martin
This file contains an individual presentation by Hurbert (Lummy) Martin relating to seasonal fishing management in his community. The presenter feels that before government fishing policies are made, the reality of fishermen's lives should be taken into consideration. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by John Holloway

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John Holloway
This file contains a brief presentation by John Holloway touching on a number of subjects, including disabilities, Aboriginal involvement in the criminal justice system and the Oldman River Dam. Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair, makes brief remarks after the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by June Deslisle, Elder, Kanien'kehaka Mohawk Nation

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June Deslisle
This file contains an individual presentation by June Deslisle, a member of the Bear Clan who has been involved with Aboriginal health care in Quebec for 40 years. She discusses a number of topics, including the establishment of a school in an old pool hall in Kahnawake, her involvement as a volunteer with the Kateri Memorial Hospital since 1955 and ending in 1991, and self-government. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Linda Chipesia

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Linda Chipesia

Presentation relating to land claims and self-government. The presenter believes that "(T)he difficulty of self-government and land claims is that although it is aimed at reviving the culture and identity of Indian people, it is only accessible to those who are educated and trained in the political, legal and economic intricacies of a non-Indian system."

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Lisa Maracle, Resident, Six Nations

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This file contains an individual presentation by Lisa Maracle discussing a number of topics, including on- and off-reserve life, Canada's role as a model of human rights, racism and discrimination, Bill C-31, the Oka Crisis of 1990, and the speaker's perceived ineffectiveness towards the Six Nations Confederacy leadership. An exchange with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Lloyd Augustine

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This file contains an individual presentation by Lloyd Augustine discussing Aboriginal land claims and self-government. Augustine states that "(I)f a new relationship with Canada is to exist, then there must be some way that will obligate Canada to honour and respect our people and our original institutions, our agreements and our treaties, our rights as nations and to honour that status fully." A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Raynald Vachon

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Raynald Vachon
This file contains an individual presentation by Raynald Vachon on employment and salary inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal workers. Vachon recommends that an organization be established that could be called "the Association of Aboriginal Workers in Quebec." The association could bring together all the Aboriginal communities in Quebec.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Rhoda Karetak

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File contains an individual presentation by Rhoda Karetak of Rankin Inlet. Karetak discusses social and health issues facing the people of her community, including the cost of travelling to facilities in the south, problems with fatigue among elders, sniffing activity, and suicide concerns. Following her presentation Michael Kugak asks a question on childcare which Kartak answers. Following this, Facilitator Paul Kaludjak makes some comments and welcomes the next presenter.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Richard Saunders

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This file contains an individual presentation by Richard Saunders, a federal public servant for 20+ years. Saunders focuses on unfilled treaty obligations and as an non-Aboriginal Canadian, he says that the treaties of the past have not been honoured, and latter day land claim settlements are costing additional millions of dollars because the federal government does not want to settle them. A brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Shirley Gamble

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This file contains an individual presentation by Shirley Gamble focusing on her life as an Aboriginal woman in an urban society. She would like to see "positive changes to the status of Aboriginal women living off-reserve and to create a better living plan formulating around the financial benefit we are deprived of." A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Stan Wesley

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Stan Wesley
Eli Chilton
Stan Wesley
File contains an individual presentation by Stan Wesley, a 19-year-old man from Moose Factory, focusing on the loss of Aboriginal culture as detrimental to Aboriginal youth in Canada. He feels that youth who leave reserves for the city have no resources to succeed, and reserve youth are lost in the shuffle of bureaucracy as well. Wesley says his generation are the next leaders and they must have complete understanding of their culture. Following the presentation is a lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners and Eli Chilton and Stan Wesley, previous speakers.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Tom Porter

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Tom Porter
This file contains an individual presentation by Tom Porter that first provides some history on Wampum Belts. He states that peaceful, spiritual solutions must be found to solve the problems of Aboriginals in Canada. Porter believes that "the Creator never abandoned us...and that is why we are survivors and we will have a better life tomorrow."

Historical note:

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Introduction of Attendees and Brief Remarks by Chief Brenda Gedeon Miller, Listuguj First Nation Government

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Brenda Gedeon Mille
This file contains introductions of the 11 attendees of a sitting for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Restigouche, Quebec.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Introductions and opening remarks

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This file contains a round table discussion from a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Wednesday, June 2, 1993. This portion includes opening comments from Moderator Roland Penner, Menno Wiebe, Spokesman, Mennonite Central Committee and Commissioners Paul Chartrand and Bertha Wilson.
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