Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Peigan Indian Band
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| Database ID | 31259 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 131 (Box 20) | |
| Date of creation | May 25, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 36 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 36 | |
| Scope and content | The file contains a presentation on behalf of the Peigan Indian Band by Chief Leonard Bastien, Rod North Peigan, and Edwin Yellow Horn. Chief Basiten discusses some of the issues which face the Piegan people including water rights (including with reference to the Oldman River dispute), and reserve land expropriation. Chief Bastien also relates some of the history of his people, their creation story, the signing of Treaty 7 in 1877, the implications and aftermath of the Treaty process, and grievances against the government. Following the presentation Commissioner Georges Erasmus discusses some of the issues raised with Chief Bastien and the other two presenters. | |
| 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 2, Lethbridge Lodge, Lethbridge, Alberta; Monday, May 25, 1993. Pages 228-263. | |
| Place | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 7 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Canada -- National | |
| Names | Bastien, Leonard (Chief) Crowshoe, Reggie Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Peigan Nation Peigan, Rod North Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Yellow Horn, Edwin | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Treaty -- Treaty 7 Rights -- Treaty Rights Indigenous Relations Government policy Community Histories Land Claims Reserves Economic Development Issues Blackfoot Confederacy Blackfoot Confederacy - Peigan (Piikani) Peigan | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/31259
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