Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Database ID | 30503 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 84 (Box 13) | |
Date of creation | December 1, 1992 | |
Physical description/extent | 36 pgs | |
Number of images | 37 | |
Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Bill Nothing and Isaac Beaulieu of the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council. Nothing, Executive Director of the Council, discusses his work with the people of the Nishnawbe-Aski area for the past twenty years. It expresses his personal views as well as those of the Education Council. Topics addressed include self-government negotiations, Aboriginal and Treaty rights, the Memorandum on Understanding between First Nations and the Ontario and Canadian governments, land and education issues, education funding, health and education, eyesight problems, and a series of policy reccomendations related to these concerns for the Commission. Isaac Beaulieu presents on educational concerns related to the development of Aboriginal language curriculums, the Ojibway-Cree culture, and self-governance, Beaulieu makes a variety of recommendations to this effect. Following the presentations the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with the two presenters. | |
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, Nishnawbe-Gamik Friendship Centre, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Tuesday, December 1, 1992. pgs 96-132. | |
Place | Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | No treaty Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Beardy, Stan Beaulieu, Isaac Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Fox, Charles Northern Nishnawbe Education Council Nothing, Bill Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice) | |
Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Self-government Education -- Policy Community Life Community Development Community Histories Culture -- Language Education -- Traditional Education -- Western Education Oji-Cree Ojibwa (Anishnabe) Cree | |
Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30503 |