Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Question by Commissioner Sillett and Responses by Relocatees
| Database ID | 30797 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 107 (Box 17) | |
| Date of creation | April 6, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 11 pgs | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a question by Commissioner Sillett and responses by relocatees from the High Arctic Relocation. Commissioner Sillett asks if the relocatees can clarify from which communities they are from, and explain some of the key differences which existed between the communities that were established as a result of the relocation. Sillet talks about transportation and resource differences between Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay in framing her questions. SE discusses how Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay are very different communities both in social composition, environmental, and geographic terms. AN discusses slaughtering dogs in the community, while EN adds that this was done due to an outbreak of distemper. JA then discusses selling pelts. MA discusses the impact of losing dogs on the community which relied on dog sleds for transport. LA discusses a government order to slaughter Inuit dogs due to the death of a young girl, and states that this may be what the other relocatees are referring to. | |
| 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 2, Ottawa, Ontario. April 6, 1993. Pages 297-308. | |
| Place | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Arctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Simon, Mary | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Inuit Affairs Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle Inuit Affairs -- Art and Culture Relocation Legal Issues Law Enforcement -- Treatment Government policy Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30797
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