Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Buddy Napoleon

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Database ID30367
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 72 (Box 10)
Date of creationNovember 19, 1992
Physical description/extent20 pgs
Number of images20
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Buddy Napoleon. Napoleon presents a history of Aboriginal peoples from a legal perspective from early colonization up until the present day in the Treaty Eight area. Napoleon then makes a series of policy reccomendations to the Commission to rectify his concerns with government actions in the area. Following Napoleon's presentation, Napoleon and previous presenter Chief Berni Metecheah field questions from Commissioner Georges Erasmus related to issues facing the Halfway River First Nation.
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 notesVolume 1, Pioneer Inn, Fort St John, British Columbia. Thursday, November 19, 1992. pgs 232-251.
Treaty boundariesTreaty 8
Canada -- National
Cultural regionSubarctic
Canada -- National
NamesErasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Good, Michelle
Halfway River First Nation
Metecheah, Berni (Chief)
Napoleon, Buddy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Native-Newcomer relations
Government policy
Economic Development
Assistance -- Welfare
Hunting and Trapping
Rights
Indigenous Relations
Indigenous Peoples General
Environment
Dunneza (Beaver)
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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