Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Sanford Cottrelle, Wes Wetung

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Database ID31410
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 142 (Box 22)
Date of creationMay 31, 1993
Physical description/extent27 pages
Number of images27
Scope and contentThe file contains a presentation by Wes Whetung and Sanford Cottrelle of Newberry House (a halfway house). Whetung and Cottrelle discuss the prison system and Aboriginal offenders offering a comparative view of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal halfway houses, compensation for former residential school residents, accessible moneys to implement both cultural and non-cultural programs for children and youth, and stereotypes of Aboriginal people in text-books. Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss some of the issues raised with the two presenters.
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, President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario; Monday, May 31, 1993. Pages 93-119.
PlaceSudbury, Ontario, Canada
Treaty boundariesRobinson-Huron
Canada -- National
Cultural regionSubarctic
Canada -- National
NamesCotrelle, Sanford
Dussault, Rene, 1939-
Meawassige, Blanche
Newberry House
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
Whetung, Wes
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Government policy
Indigenous Relations
External representations
Legal Issues
Community Life
Indigenous Peoples General
Schools -- Residential
Indigenous Peoples General
Health -- Issues
Youth
Young Offenders
Penitentaries
Halfway houses
Ojibwa (Anishnabe)
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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