Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Chief Francis Penashue, Sheshatshiu

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Database ID29651
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 43 (Box 7)
Date of creationJune 18, 1992
Physical description/extent7 pages of textual records
Number of images7
Scope and contentFile contains an individual presentation by Chief Francis Penashue describing the culture and values of the Innu people pre-European contact, and now Innu communities are dealing with substance abuse, family dysfunction and high unemployment and welfare rates. Following the presentation are brief remarks by Rene Dussault, Co-Chair.
Other terms governing use and reproductionRoyal 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.
TypePublished
Primary MediaTextual documents
Provenance Access PointUniversity of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre
Other notesPart of Volume 2, Sheshatshiu, Labrador. Thursday, June 18, 1992. Pgs. 194-200.
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Cultural regionSubarctic
NamesPenashue, Chief Francis
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Culture
Fishing
Health -- Issues -- Alcoholism
Hunting and Trapping
Employment
Elders
Innu
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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