Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith, Waswanipi Nation Council
Database ID | 29414 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 32 (Box 5) | |
Date of creation | June 9, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 29 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 29 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith that first provides a brief history of Waswanipi. Their presentation covers a wide range of issues, including the justice system and policing, hunting and trapping, the environment and health care. The speakers believe that the Canadian and Quebec governments have either ignored, set aside or in breach of major sections of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners. | |
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 | Volume 1, Waswanipi, Quebec; pages 12-40. | |
Treaty boundaries | No data | |
Cultural region | Northeast Subarctic | |
Names | 1984 Cree-Naskapi of Quebec Act Blacksmith, Jack Happyjack, Chief Allan Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Law and Legislation -- Acts -- Indian Act Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Peoples Organizations Indigenous Relations Family life Environment Law Enforcement -- Treatment Hunting and Trapping Survival Treaty - James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29414 |