Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Wiegers, President, Provincial Metis Women of Saskatchewan
Database ID | 29266 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 24 (Box 2) | |
Date of creation | 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 15 pgs | |
Number of images | 15 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Mary Wiegers, President, Provincial Metis Women of Saskatchewan. Wiegers highlights her concerns with the notion of Metis self-governance in Saskatchewan. She is highly critical of how Metis institutions have been functioning in the province, and argues that self-governance as things are currently consituted will lead to abuses by the Metis leadership. Wiegers highlights examples of electoral fraud, and undemocratic behaviour within the Saskatchewan Metis organization. | |
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, La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Thursday May 28, 1992; pages 31-45. | |
Place | La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Hammersmith, Bernice Metis Society of Saskatchewan Metis Women of Saskatchewan Morin, Gerald Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Shorte, Phillip Wiegers, Mary | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Self-government Metis -- Women Metis -- History Metis Metis Nation Politics Community Life Legal Issues Elections | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29266 |