Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Sandra Green, First Nations Women's Group, and Isabelle Hill, Daughters of Kitkatla

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Database ID31384
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 140 (Box 22)
Date of creationMay 26, 1993
Physical description/extent18 pgs
Number of images18
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Sandra Green, First Nations Women's Group. Green, a member of the Haida Nation and Eagle Clan, discusses the mandate and issues of the First Nations Women's Group of Prince Rupert. Their mandate is to "preserve the First Nations family in a healthy and positive way" and their issues include "social issues of family violence, alcohol and drug abuse, sexual abuse" AIDS, and high youth mortality generally. Green goes on to highlight a number of root causes of these problems, and recommend solutions to the Commission.
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, Highliner Inn, Prince Rupert, British Columbia; Wednesday, May 26, 1993. Pages 234-251.
PlacePrince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Port Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
Cultural regionNorthwest Coast
Canada -- National
NamesGreen, Sandra
Hill, Isabelle
Kitkala Group
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice)
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Family life
Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Women
Urban Life
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Community Development
Health -- Issues
Community Life
Haida
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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