Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Wilbert McLeod
Database ID | 29405 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 30 (Box 4) | |
Date of creation | June 9, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 13 pgs | |
Number of images | 14 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Wilbert McLeod. McLeod represents the Moose Factory Claimant Group, whose grandparents were "arbitrarily exluded from Treaty No. 9 in 1905 by the Treaty Commissioners." McLeod lays out his organizations claim and discusses how the ancestors of his organization were left out of Treaty 9, and how that Treaty was negotiated in an arbitrary manner by officials who did not consider how the people defined themselves. McLeod also points out that the officials did not implement the proper policy set out by Clifford Sifton to make provision for scrip for Metis families who desired it in the Treaty 9 area. Following the presentation Commissioner Robinson asks McLeod what options they have explored for redress, and McLeod states that he will only go to court against the government as a last resort. | |
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 2A, Thomas Cheechoo Memorial Centre, Moose Factory, Ontario; pages 465-478. | |
Place | Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada Moosonee, Ontario, Canada Timmins, Ontario, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 9 | |
Cultural region | Subarctic | |
Names | Bird, Gaby Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Hunter, Allan Mushkegowuk Student Services Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Treaty -- Treaty 9 Treaty Scrip Indigenous Relations Indigenous Peoples Organizations Government policy Government -- provincial Government -- federal Metis Cree | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29405 |