Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Grand Chief Joseph T. Norton, John "Bud" Morris, Chief Billy Two Rivers, Arnold Goodleaf and Phil Schneider, Mohawk Council of Kahnawake
Database ID | 31151 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 113 (Box 18) | |
Date of creation | May 6, 1993 | |
Physical description/extent | 96 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 96 | |
Scope and content | This file contains a presentation by five members of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake. Subjects discussed by the presenters include arrests of Kahnawake residents in 1988 relating to cigarettes; the Oka Crisis of 1990; negotiations relating to self-government; the removal of the Indian Act; transfer payments to Aboriginal persons; education and housing issues, and the Kahnawake Peacekeepers (police force). A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation. | |
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 2, Kahnawake, Quebec; Thursday, May 6, 1993. Pages 502-597. | |
Place | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Upper Canada | |
Cultural region | Northeast | |
Names | Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Dussault, Rene, 1939- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Goodleaf, Arnold Haudenosaunee People Iroquois Confederacy Levesque, Rene Morris, John 'Bud' Norton, Joseph T. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Schneider, Phil Sillett, Mary Two Rivers, Billy | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Peoples Organizations Indigenous Relations Law and Legislation -- Acts -- Indian Act Law and Legislation -- Acts -- Charter of Rights Community Policing Self-government Royal Canadian Mounted Police Jay Treaty Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) - Mohawk Oka Crisis | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/31151 |