Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Rosie Okpik, Inuit Artist (Via Translator)
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| Database ID | 29285 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 25 (Box 4) | |
| Date of creation | May 28, 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 15 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 15 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Rosie Okpik, Inuit artist who states that the Inuit have made everything they need to live in their own way. For Inuit people, "It was the art of making these things that was most important, not the thing itself that the white man admired." With European contact, the Inuit gradually no longer made tools, clothing and shelters, and thus they began to lose their culture "because our culture is the things we make." Okpik introduces Ed McKenna, Okpik's secretary and manager, and together they answers questions from the Commissioners. | |
| 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 | Part of Volume 1, Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories; pages 75-89. | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty | |
| Cultural region | Arctic | |
| Names | Dussault, Rene, 1939- McKenna, Ed Okpik, Rosie Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Uggurmiut Inuit Artist Association | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Inuit Affairs -- Art and Culture Hudson's Bay Company Elders | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29285
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