Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Seeth Seethram, President, Yukon College

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Database ID31794
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/CollectionNative Law Centre fonds
File/Item ReferenceReference Library, RCAP vol. 71 (Box 10)
Date of creationNovember 18, 1992
Physical description/extent32 pgs of textual records
Number of images32
Scope and contentFile contains a presentation by Seeth Seethram, the only non-Caucasian president of any publicly funded educational institution in Canada. He speaks on a range of subjects, including land claims, the Indian Act, the "erosion" of Aboriginal culture and language, and the role of elders in education. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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, Westmark Hotel, Whitehorse, Yukon. Wednesday, November 18, 1992. pgs 136-167.
PlaceWhitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Cultural regionArctic
Southwest
NamesErasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Seethram, Seeth
Sillett, Mary
Yukon College
SubjectGovernment commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indigenous Peoples General
Indigenous Relations
Culture
Education
Law and Legislation -- Acts -- Indian Act
Elders
Date Range(s)1990-1999
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