Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Alma Ransom, Grand Chief Mike Mitchell and students, Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario
Database ID | 30881 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 111 (Box 18) | |
Date of creation | May 4, 1993 | |
Physical description/extent | 21 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 21 | |
Scope and content | This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes the opening prayer given by Ernie Benedict and Taylor Montour as well as opening remarks made by Facilitator Alma Ransom, Grand Chief Mike Mitchell, Co-Chair Georges Erasmus and Co-president Rene Dussault. Also included is a brief presentation by 3 to 6 grade students concerning problems facing the Mohawk reservation of Akwesasne. | |
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 2, Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario; Tuesday, May 4, 1993. Pages 144-164. | |
Treaty boundaries | Upper Canada Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Northeast Canada -- National | |
Names | Benedict, Ernie Dussault, Rene, 1939- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Kanatika School Mitchell, Mike (Chief) Montour, Taylor Ransom, Alma Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Relations Education Industries Projects Relocation Settlements Smuggling Adult Education Firearms Guns Issues - Conservation Sobriety | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30881 |