Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Evangeline Francis, New Brunswick Native Women's Council

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Database ID29053
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 13 (Box 2)
Date of creationMay 20, 1992
Physical description/extent14 pages of textual records
Number of images4
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Evangeline Francis regarding the system First Nations peoples lived under before contact with Europeans. Francis discusses the roles men and women played in family life and how those roles were "eroded away over the years by the oppression. She emphasizes the victimization of Aboriginal women and the need for Aboriginal men to heal. She introduces Elizabeth Levi, the next speaker.
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 notesPart of Volume 1, Big Cove, New Brunswick; pages 64-67.
Treaty boundariesPeace & Friendship
Cultural regionNortheast
NamesDussault, Rene, 1939-
Francis, Evangeline
Levi, Elizabeth
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Indigenous Relations
Culture
Women
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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