Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Gerrard Kenney
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| Database ID | 31771 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 173 (Box 28) | |
| Date of creation | June 29, 1993 | |
| Physical description/extent | 67 pages | |
| Number of images | 67 | |
| Scope and content | The file contains a presentation by Gerard Kenney. Kenney, a telecommunications engineer with Bell Canada in the 1960s and early 1970s, discusses his experiences traveling to the High Arctic Relocation communities of Pond Inlet, Grise Fiord, and Resolute Bay during this era. Kenney also discusses his research at the National Archives in the early 1990s seeking to find evidence of Canadian intentions, or as he calls it, the "smoking gun," behind the High Arctic Relocation program. Kenney discusses how his research eventually lead him to believe that the rationale behind the relocation was not sovereignty concerns but rather "a sincere concern on the part of the government for the welfare of the Inuit living on the stark and unproductive 'hungry coast' on the eastern side of Hudson Bay. This included Inukjuak." Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners question and discuss some of the points raised with Kenney. | |
| 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, Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario; Monday, June 29, 1993. Pages 460-526. | |
| Place | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Arctic Canada -- National | |
| Names | Arctic Institute of North America Chartrand, Paul, 1943- Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Kenney, Gerard National Archives of Canada Robinson, Viola Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice) | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Government policy Opinion -- Citizen Community Histories Community Life Inuit Affairs Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle Indigenous Relations Relocation Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 1960-1969 1950-1959 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/31771
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