Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by AI
Database ID | 30822 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 108 (Box 17) | |
Date of creation | April 7, 1993 | |
Physical description/extent | 12 pages | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by AI. AI discusses his families experiences during the High Arctic Relocation. Specifically, AI describes the upheaval in peoples lives the relocation caused, the difficulties of learning to hunt in a new environment, the even more severe difficulties imposed on the women in the community, the impossibility of fishing without equipment, dealing with the cold, work for resource exploration companies, and his desire that the government publically acknowledge that it moved the Inuit there for soveriegnty reasons. | |
Restrictions on access | Access restricted due to legal concerns. | |
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 3, Ottawa, Ontario. April 7, 1993. Pages 426-438. | |
Place | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | No treaty Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Arctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Simon, Mary | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Government policy Relocation Hunting and Trapping Community Life Inuit Affairs Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle Natural Resources -- Mining International relations Fauna | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30822 |