Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Noble Shanks, Director, Metis Family and Community Justice Services of Saskatchewan

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Database ID29788
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 51 (Box 8)
Date of creationOctober 28, 1992
Physical description/extent25 pages of textual records
Number of images25
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Noble Shanks focusing on his organization's work in the development of justice services for Metis people in Saskatchewan. He discusses unfair legal representation for Metis people, establishing a Metis court worker program, the poor relationship with the RCMP and Metis people, and the northern fly-in court process. Following the presentation is a 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, Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Wednesday, October 28, 1992. Pages 164-188.
PlaceSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pinehouse, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesBlakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier)
Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Shanks, Noble
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Law Enforcement -- Treatment
Metis
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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