Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by AI

 
Database ID30822
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 108 (Box 17)
Date of creationApril 7, 1993
Physical description/extent12 pages
Number of images1
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by AI. AI discusses his families experiences during the High Arctic Relocation. Specifically, AI describes the upheaval in peoples lives the relocation caused, the difficulties of learning to hunt in a new environment, the even more severe difficulties imposed on the women in the community, the impossibility of fishing without equipment, dealing with the cold, work for resource exploration companies, and his desire that the government publically acknowledge that it moved the Inuit there for soveriegnty reasons.
Restrictions on accessAccess restricted due to legal concerns.
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 3, Ottawa, Ontario. April 7, 1993. Pages 426-438.
PlaceOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
Cultural regionArctic
Canada -- National
NamesRoyal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Simon, Mary
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Government policy
Relocation
Hunting and Trapping
Community Life
Inuit Affairs
Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle
Natural Resources -- Mining
International relations
Fauna
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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