Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Mary Lou Iahtail
Database ID | 29341 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 28 (Box 4) | |
Date of creation | June 8, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 10 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 10 | |
Scope and content | File contains an individual presentation by Mary Lou Iahtail, teacher at Moosonee Public School in Moosonee, Ontario. She describes her experiences at the Fort Albany Residential School in Ontario where she learned to read and write in Cree. Iahtail states that a Cree immersion program is needed at her school and calls for the Commission to fund Cree immersion programs so the Cree language does not disappear. | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions, 1992-1993. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Courtesy of the Privy Council Office, 2008. | |
Type | Published | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre | |
Other notes | Part of Volume 1, Thomas Cheechoo Memorial Centre, Moose Factory, Ontario; pages 81-90. | |
Place | Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada Moosonee, Ontario, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 9 | |
Cultural region | Subarctic | |
Names | Fort Albany Residential School Iahtail, Mary Lou Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Relations Children Education Schools -- Residential Teachers Immersion Programs | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29341 |