Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dawn LeBlanc, North Shore Tribal Council, Anishaabe Language Teachers Association

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Database ID	29558
Institution	University of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/Collection	Native Law Centre fonds
File/Item Reference	Reference Library, RCAP vol. 37 (Box 5)
Date of creation	June 11, 1992
Physical description/extent	12 pages of textual records
Number of images	12
Scope and content	File contains a presentation by Dawna LeBlanc expressing concern for the acceleratred rate at which Aboriginal languages are becoming extinct. The death of community elders plays a large part in the elimination of languages today. She states that "language has a direct bearing on how we see ourselves as a people and our role in self-government, on land claims and our claim to a distinct society." Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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	Part of Volume 1, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Thursday, June 11, 1992. Pgs 257-268.
Treaty boundaries	Robinson-Huron
Cultural region	Northeast
Names	Cachagee, MIchael Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) LeBlanc, Dawna Nishnaabe Language Institute Robinson, Viola Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Syrette, Jerome
Subject	Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Peoples Organizations Indigenous Relations Languages and Linguistics Cree Inuktitut Ojibwa (Anishnabe)
Date Range(s)	1990-1999
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29558