Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Tom MacCagno, Mayor, Lac La Biche, Alberta
Database ID | 29379 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 31 (Box 5) | |
Date of creation | June 9, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 9 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 18 | |
Scope and content | File contains opening remarks by Tom MacCagno who provides the Commission with a history of the exploration and establishment of Lac La Biche. He notes the involvement of Metis people when Father Albert Lacombe arrived in 1852. MacCagno says that Portage La Biche, forerunner of Lac La Biche, is a Canadian national historic site but the government chooses not to designate and restore the site. MacCagno also comments on aboriginal language policy and how elders must pass down the language and traditions of Aboriginal peoples to the youth. 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 | Part of Volume 1, Jubilee Hall, Lac La Biche, Alberta; pages 14-32. | |
Place | Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic | |
Names | Beaver Lake First Nation Blakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier) Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Fiddler, Peter Lac La Biche Mission Lacombe, Albert, 1827-1916 (Father) Layman, Chief Al MacCagno, Tom Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Steiner, Henry Birch Thibeault, Jean-Baptiste Thompson, David, 1770-1857 (English explorer) | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Relations Metis -- History Exploration Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Forts Historic Parks Historic Sites | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29379 |