Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by James Favel and Bill Swimmer
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| Database ID | 29835 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 54 (Box 8) | |
| Date of creation | October 29, 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 27 pgs | |
| Number of images | 27 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a presentation by James Favel and Bill Swimmer, both of the Strike Them on the Back band, currently part of the Sweetgrass First Nation. Favel remarks that the Department of Indian Affairs forced the Strike Them on the Back Band to amalgamate with the Sweetgrass Band, and gave control to the Sweetgrass council which now ignores the Strike on the Back members concerns. Favel discusses the need for government recognition of the Strike him on the Back band, and discusses the problem of being ignored by the Sweetgrass Band Council, the need for a Constitutional entrenchment of Treaty rights, self-governance and Aboriginal justice issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Blakeney discusses land claims and the history of the Strike him on the Back and Sweetgrass bands with the presenters. Following this Commissioners Erasmus and Blakeney engage the two presenters in a wide ranging discussion on the difference between Treaty and Status designations, interband politics, the inherent right to self-governance, the legal definition of who is "Indian," and related matters. | |
| 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, Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre; Thursday, October 29, 1992. Pages 39-65. | |
| Place | North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada Sweetgrass First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada Sweetgrass First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Canada -- National | |
| Names | Blakeney, Allan E., 1925- (Saskatchewan premier) Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Favel, James Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Strikes Them on the Back Band Strikes-him-on-the back ** [wâwîkâ-otâmâhotç / wikanihk kâ-ohtamahoht Sweetgrass ** [wihkâsko-kîsçyin Sweetgrass Band Sweetgrass Cree Nation Swimmer, Bill | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Relations Indigenous Peoples General Treaty -- Treaty 6 Treaty Government policy Community Histories Community Life Band Council Self-government Cree Assiniboine | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/29835
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