Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by James Panioyak, Elders' Group
Database ID | 30246 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 67 (Box 10) | |
Date of creation | November 17, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 15 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 15 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by James Panioyak that initially describes a harsh life in the bush for Inuit children pre-contact, but a fulfilling one as children learned to respect their parents, their elders and the land. By a person's late teens, survival skills had been learned and upon marriage, a man was capable of fishing and trapping to feed his family and a woman was able to make and repair clothing and to prepare and cook food. Panioyak hopes the Inuktitut language will not die out and believes that elders should be utilized to teach children and youth the old ways and language. 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 | Volume 1, Luke Novoligak Hall, Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories; Tuesday, November 17, 1992. Pages 177-191. | |
Place | Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 11 | |
Cultural region | Arctic | |
Names | Blakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier) Panioyak, James Robinson, Viola Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Peoples Organizations Indigenous Relations Children Education Languages and Linguistics Elders | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30246 |