Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Wilson Okeymaw

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Database ID29463
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 33 (Box 5)
Date of creationJune 10, 1992
Physical description/extent30 pages of textual records
Number of images30
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Wilson Okeymaw, executive director of an additions facility on Ermineskin First Nation. He addresses the problem of addictions among Canada's Aboriginal peoples and speaks of his own struggle with alcohol. Following the presentation is a brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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, Samson Bingo Hall, Hobbema, Alberta; pages 143-172.
PlaceHobbema, Alberta, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesAlcoholics Anonymous
Ermineskin First Nations
Okeymaw, Wilson
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Indigenous Relations
Health -- Issues -- Alcoholism
Health -- Issues -- Drug Abuse
Family life
Cawsey Report
Elders
Sweat lodges
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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