Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dean Jacobs, Walpole Island Heritage Centre

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Database ID31030
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 120 (Box 19)
Date of creationMay 10, 1993
Physical description/extent20 pages
Number of images23
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Dean Jacobs of the Walpole Island Heritage Centre. Jacobs delivers a slide presentation with commentary on the history of Walpole Island and the Ojibwa community there. Issues raised include environmental destruction, the fur industry and the detrimental impact of the anti-fur activists on the Aboriginal economy in the area, fisheries and hunting concerns. Following the presentation Commissioner Chartrand and Erasmus make brief comments.
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 notesVolume 1, Chippewa Community Centre, Sarnia, Ontario; Monday, May 10, 1993. Pages 133-152.
PlaceSarnia, Ontario, Canada
Treaty boundariesUpper Canada
Canada -- National
Cultural regionNortheast
Canada -- National
NamesCaldwell Tribe
Chartrand, Paul, 1943-
Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Jacobs, Denny (Chief)
Rogers, Ray
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Environment
Fur Trade
Fishing
Hunting and Trapping
Employment
Indigenous Relations
Community Histories
Indigenous Peoples General
Government policy
Ojibwa (Anishnabe)
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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