Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Linda Andersen, Executive Director, Labrador Legal Services
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| Database ID | 29587 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 40 (Box 6) | |
| Date of creation | June 16, 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 9 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 9 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Linda Andersen focusing on legal resources for Aboriginal people in Labrador. She provides a history of her organization and states its purpose is to assist Aboriginal people in their dealings with the justice system. Andersen calls upon the Commission to ensure that funding from the Native Court Worker Program continues so that her organization can establish programs for young offenders to attempt to lower the rate of recidivism. 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, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. Tuesday, June 16, 1992. Pgs. 274-282. | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic | |
| Names | Anderson, Linda Dussault, Rene, 1939- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Relations Legal Issues Recidivism Youth | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29587
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