Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by John Edsu
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| Database ID | 28794 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 9 (Box 1) | |
| Date of creation | May 7, 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 14 pgs | |
| Number of images | 14 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a presentation by John Edsu of Fort McPherson. Edsu discusses his views on the trapping industry in the area and his view of its great importance to people of the north. Edsu protests southerners coming in as transient labour and taking jobs that he feels northerners are qualified to do. He also discusses rival claims over land by trappers and large multinational resource companies. He requests recognition from the federal Government of the importance of the trapping industry to his people, and criticizes the anti-fur movement as destructive and naive. Following the presentation Rene Dussault questions Mr. Edsu on his ideas, and Allan Blakeney points out that he thinks the anti-fur movement is not a creature of the federal government as he seem to think Edsu seems to be implying, but rather a broad based international movement. Commissioner Sillet thanks Mr. Edsu for his 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 | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre | |
| Other notes | Part of Box 1 Transcripts, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Fort McPherson, N.W.T. Thursday, May 7, 1992. Volume 1. pgs 104-117. | |
| Place | Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 11 Canada -- National International | |
| Cultural region | Arctic Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Blakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier) Dussault, Rene, 1939- Edsu, John Greenpeace Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Hunting and Trapping Fur Trade Government policy Government -- federal Indigenous Relations Economic Development Lifestyle International relations Natural Resources Gwich'in | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28794
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