Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Deninu Kue First Nation, Closing Prayer
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| Database ID | 31733 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 167 (Box 26) | |
| Date of creation | June 17, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 24 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 24 | |
| Scope and content | The file contains a presentation Chief Bernadette Unka of the Deninu Kue First Nation. Chief Unka discusses the history of her people who reside at Fort Resolution, NWT. Chief Unka discusses how Treaty, Metis, and Euro-Canadian people were at one time united in one government at the community, but how her people re-established band governance in 1990 due to their Treaty rights being slowly eroded. Chief Unka then discusses the need for self-responsibility and self-management amongst her people. Included in this is a discussion of intergovernmental relations, jurisdictional issues, the need for training and education, language and cultural issues, taxation, and environmental issues. Specifically Chief Unka takes issue with hydroelectric and mining operations in her people's territory which have brought few economic benefits and much destruction to the area. Following the presentation Commissioner Georges Erasmus discusses Treaty Eight issues with Chief Unka, after which he delivers closing remarks and a closing prayer concludes the day's sitting of the Commission. | |
| 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, B.G. Sivertz Community Centre, Hay River, Northwest Territories; Thursday, June 17, 1993. Pages 339-362. | |
| Place | Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 8 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Cominco Deninu Kue First Nation Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Lepine, Beatrice Northern River Basin Study Committee Pine Points Mines Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Talson River Hydro UNka, Bernadette (Chief) | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Government policy Community Life Community Histories Treaty -- Treaty 8 Environment Mines Taxation Indigenous Relations Chiefs Dene Elders | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/31733
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