Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernice Hammersmith, Secretary Metis Society
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| Database ID | 29271 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 24 (Box 2) | |
| Date of creation | 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 9 pgs | |
| Number of images | 9 | |
| Scope and content | File contains remarks by Bernice Hammersmith, Secretary, Saskatchewan Metis Society. Hammersmith describes some problems facing her organization. Included are the enumeration of the Metis population, the need for a system of responsible government (as opposed to a non-profit corporation), the need for governmental accountability, resource revenue issues, land concerns, the need for the Charter to apply to Metis people, the need for a new justice system which takes Metis values into account, health care concerns, hunting and trapping issues, and a roadblock at Canoe Lake where the Metis are opposing forestry companies, the provincial government, and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Hammersmith concludes by telling how Metis in the Northwest Territories are treated on par with Inuit and Status Indians, and requests that Saskatchewan Metis be treated the same way. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus make brief comments on it. | |
| 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 | Volume 1, La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Thursday May 28, 1992; pages 67-75. | |
| Place | La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 No treaty Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Hammersmith, Bernice Metis Society of Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Metis -- Communities Metis -- Culture and language Metis -- Education Metis -- History Metis Metis Nation Self-government Hunting and Trapping Indigenous Relations Cree | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29271
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