Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Vernon Roote, Deputy Grand Chief, Union of Ontario Indians
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| Database ID | 30970 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 116 (Box 19) | |
| Date of creation | May 10, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 37 pages | |
| Number of images | 37 | |
| Scope and content | File contains a presentation by Vernon Roote, Deputy Grand Chief of the Union of Ontario Indians. Roote's presentation topic if "Building a Nation" and he discusses "the big topic of nationhood and sovereignty." Roote highlights some of the opinions gathered from a conference the past August held in Garden River, Ontario from the viewpoints of "the political people right down to the grassroots people" concerned with the topic of Anishnabek nationhood. Root discusses nationhood as it pertains to soveriegnty; language and culture; medicine; education; history; self-governance; decolonization and liberation; standards of law; lands, resources, treaties, and new treaties; hunting and fishing rights; and relations with non-Aboriginal Canadians. Following the presentation Commissioner Wilson discusses some self-governance issues with Root. Following this Chief Beaucage makes some remarks thanking Chief Root for traveling to the community to make his presentation, and thanking the other participants in the Commission. | |
| 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, Nipissing First Nations Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario, Monday, May 10, 1993. pgs 102-138. | |
| Treaty boundaries | Upper Canada Robinson-Huron Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Beaucage, Gerald (Chief) Nipissing First Nation Pelletier, Georgina Roote, Vernon Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Union of Ontario Indians Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice) | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Self-government Rights Culture Indigenous Relations Government policy Legal Issues Lifestyle Indigenous Peoples General Education Ojibwa (Anishnabe) Algonquin | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 1492-1649 1980-1989 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30970
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