Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Menno Wiebe
Database ID | 28717 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 1 (Box 1) | |
Date of creation | April 21, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 8 pgs | |
Number of images | 8 | |
Scope and content | File contains opening remarks by Menno Wiebe of the Mennonite Central Committee. Wiebe discusses how Mennonite aid workers overseas always get asked what they are doing for the First peoples of their own country, and how this often sparks their interest in the struggles of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Wiebe also relates what he sees as signs of hope for Aboriginal peoples, and how they have successfully organized against hostile state and economic forces in the recent past at places like James Bay. Wiebe also expresses his gratitude for being allowed to participate in the Commission, and states he is there to listen to the Elders, and that non-Aboriginal society in general needs to learn from the Elders. | |
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, Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba. pgs 129-136. | |
Place | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 1 Canada -- National International | |
Cultural region | Plains Canada -- National International | |
Names | Mennonite Central Committee Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Wiebe, Menno | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Churches Education Culture Issues Indigenous Relations Indigenous Peoples General Churches - Mennonite | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28717 |