Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andy Poonae

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Database ID29438
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 30 (Box 4)
Date of creationJune 9, 1992
Physical description/extent12 pgs
Number of images13
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Andy Poonae. Poonae discusses some of his personal life experiences with relation to issues facing Aboriginal peoples. Amongst these experiences he describes growing up without knowledge of his own people's cultural traditions, attending a Conference of residential school survivors, and being present at the side of the Mohawks at the Oka standoff.
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 2A, Thomas Cheechoo Memorial Centre, Moose Factory, Ontario; pages 549-561.
PlaceMoose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
Oka, Quebec, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 9
Canada -- National
Cultural regionNortheast
Subarctic
Canada -- National
NamesErasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Poonae, Andy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Schools -- Residential
Family life
Community Life
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Land Claims
Legal Issues
Culture
Men
Cree
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) - Mohawk
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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