Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Innu Nation, George Rich, Vice-President

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Database ID30493
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 83 (Box 12)
Date of creationDecember 1, 1992
Physical description/extent41 pages of textual records
Number of images42
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Vice President George Rich, Innu Nation. Rich states that Davis Inlet has "all kinds of problems that never existed in other Native communities in Canada." Rich discusses educational issues, his personal experiences as a youth, dealing with bureaucracy, his views on the Oka crisis, community policing and RCMP relations, suicide issues, housing, Innu concepts of government, Aboriginal rights, self-government, obstructions to Innu self-governance, land claims, colonialism, and related issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Erasmus discusses some of the issues raised with Rich.
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, Davis Inlet, Labrador, Tuesday, December 1, 1992. pgs 59-100.
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
Cultural regionSubarctic
Canada -- National
NamesErasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Innu Nation
Rich, George
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
Smallwood, Joseph (1900-1991) Nfld. premier
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Relations
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Community Histories
Community Life
Community Development
Self-government
Government policy
Rights
Innu
Justice
Constitution
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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