Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gordon Robertson

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Database ID31759
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 172 (Box 27)
Date of creationJune 28, 1993
Physical description/extent59 pages
Number of images59
Scope and contentThe file contains a presentation by Gordon Robertson. Robertson, a federal civil servant during the time of the High Arctic Relocation, testifies on the government's intentions with regard to Inuit policy, Arctic policy, and sovereignty issues during the era. Robertson also gives his view of Inuit testimony on the relocation and his own visits to Resolute Bay during the 1950s. The assembled Commissioners question Robertson on some of his testimony.
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, Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario; Monday, June 28, 1993. Pages 122-180.
PlaceOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
International
Cultural regionArctic
Canada -- National
International
NamesChartrand, Paul, 1943-
Dussault, Rene, 1939-
Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Robertson, Gordon
Robinson, Viola
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
St. Laurent, Louis Stephen (Prime Minister), 1882-1972
Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice)
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Government -- federal
Government -- Cabinet
Government officials
Government departments -- Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
Relocation
Inuit Affairs
Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle
International relations
Armed Forces
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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