Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 115: Opening Remarks
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| Database ID | 30932 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 115 (Box 18) | |
| Date of creation | May 7, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 22 pages | |
| Number of images | 22 | |
| Scope and content | File contains opening remarks by Commissioners Dussault and Erasmus from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Bonaventure in Montreal, Quebec on Friday, May 7, 1993. Following a brief introduction by Beranrd Cleary, Co-Chair and Commissioner Rene Dussault discusses the history of the Mohawk nation, the Commission's round table format for the day's sitting, the preceding day's discussion of the Indian Act at Kahnawake, commonalities between the people of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples, the Commissions desire to build a new social contract between Aboriginal peoples, Quebecois, and Canadian society, the unique nature of the Oka hearings (relative to the recent events of the Oka Crisis), and the overall scope, mandate, and goals of the Commission's work in Quebec. Commissioner and Co-Chair Georges Erasmus then discusses the rationale for the Royal Commission's creation, the complexity and scope of its' mandate, the importance of the "land question" (ie land claims and entitlement), the importance of dialogue between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in building a fairer power sharing arrangement, economic self-sufficiency, healing Aboriginal communities, and the importance of non-Aboriginal people coming forth to the Commission to share their views on the problems it faces. Erasmus also introduces the Commissioners, all of whom are in attendance with the exception of Allan Blakeney who resigned. | |
| 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 (Round Table), Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Friday, May 7, 1992. pgs 1-22. | |
| Place | Oka, Quebec, Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty Canada -- National International | |
| Cultural region | Northeast Canada -- National International | |
| Names | Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Cleary, Bernard Dussault, Rene, 1939- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Robinson, Viola Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice) | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Community Life Government policy Community Histories Land Claims Indigenous Relations Culture Culture -- Language Indigenous Peoples General Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) - Mohawk Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) - Mohawk Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30932
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