Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Robert Williamson

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Database ID31777
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 174 (Box 28)
Date of creationJune 30, 1993
Physical description/extent58 pages
Number of images58
Scope and contentThe file contains a presentation by Robert Williamson, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Saskatchewan. Williamson discusses Inuit culture, history, displacement of people for tuberculosis treatment, and the High Arctic Relocation both as an event and as what he feels it signifies to Inuit leaders today. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of Williamson's ideas with him.
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 3, Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario; Monday, June 30, 1993. Pages 713-770.
PlaceOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Canada -- National
Cultural regionArctic
Canada -- National
NamesChartrand, Paul, 1943-
Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Knight, Freddie
Manning, Leo
Robinson, Viola
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Sillett, Mary
University of Saskatchewan
Whitbred, Donald
Williamson, Robert
Wilson, Bertha, 1923-2007 (Justice)
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Government policy
Relocation
Inuit Affairs
Inuit Affairs -- Lifestyle
Inuit Affairs -- Art and Culture
Health -- Illness -- Disease
Health
Community Histories
Community Life
Date Range(s)1990-1999
1950-1959
1960-1969
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