Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Remarks by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson

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Database ID28815
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 1 (Box 1)
Date of creation21 April 1992
Physical description/extent25 pages
Number of images25
Scope and contentFile contains opening remarks on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Rt. Hon Brian Dickson. Dickson speaks on the creation of the Commission, his appointment by Prime Minister Mulroney, the mandate, and composition of the Commission, which Dickson was largely entrusted with enacting. Dickson lists the seven Commission members and provides some biographical background data on them, as well as the importance of dialogue in establishing a new shared future for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The seven commissioners included three Non-Aboriginal and four Aboriginal representatives with sessions to be held across Canada.
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
Specific document typesReports
Provenance Access PointUniversity of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre
Other notesPart of Volume 1, Fort Garry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba. pages 6-30.
PlaceWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Treaty boundariesCanada -- National
Cultural regionCanada -- National
NamesBlakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier)
Chartrand, Paul, 1943-
Clark, Charles Joseph 'Joe' (Prime Minister), 1939-
Dickson, Brian (Chief Justice), 1916-1998
Dussault, Rene, 1939-
Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Mulroney, Martin Brian (Prime Minister), 1939-
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
Robinson, Viola
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
Sinclair, Murray (Justice)
Wilson, Bertha, Justice, 1923-2007
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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