Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Further Comments by Babette Bastien

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Database ID31305
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 132 (Box 21)
Date of creationMay 25, 1993
Physical description/extent4 pgs
Number of images4
Scope and contentThe file contains further comments by Babette Bastien. Bastien discusses his youth on reserve and the struggles he had, leaving the reserve to attain an education, his views on the current drive towards self-government, the federal government capping education funding for First Nations, under-representation in the professions, and related policy issues.
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: Youth Circle, Lethbridge Lodge, Lethbridge, Alberta; Monday, May 25, 1993. Pages 73-76.
PlaceLethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 7
Canada -- National
Cultural regionPlains
Canada -- National
NamesBastien, Babette
Peigan Nation
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Government policy
Education -- Policy
Education
Schools -- Residential
Schools
Racism and stereotypes
Health -- Issues -- Alcoholism
Family life
Self-government
Blackfoot Confederacy - Peigan (Piikani)
Peigan
Youth
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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