Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer and Opening Remarks by Viola Robinson and Allan Blakeney

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Database ID30378
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 74 (Box 10)
Date of creationNovember 19, 1992
Physical description/extent8 pgs
Number of images8
Scope and contentFile contains an opening prayer and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Singituq Complex, Rankin Inlet, NWT (now Nunavut), on Thursday, November 19, 1992. Following an introduction by Facilitator Paul Kaludjak, and an opening prayer by Rhoda Karetak, Commissioner Viola Robinson commences the days proceedings by giving an overview of the Commission, its composition, and its work to this date. Following this Commissioner Allan Blakeney makes some remarks on the Commissions mandate particularly with regard to economic, land, and the special issues facing people of the North.
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, Singituq Complex, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories. Thursday, November 19, 1992. Pgs 1-8.
PlaceRankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
Cultural regionArctic
Canada -- National
NamesBlakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier)
Kaludjak, Paul
Karetak, Rhoda
Robinson, Viola
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Community Histories
Community Life
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Inuit Affairs
Government policy
Government officials
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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