Self-government for Canadian Indians

Contributors
Creator: Crossley, John Edward
Date Recorded
1984
Date Digitized
2023
Genre
Event
Rights
All content on this site is made available for personal research and private study only. Any other reuse, reproduction, or re-purposing may require the permission of the rightsholder(s); please contact the UPEI Library for more information on permissions/clearances.
Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:27:27
Member of
UPEI Archives Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction

01:00 Crossley begins speaking; overview of self-government

04:00 History of self-government issues; importance of self-government for Canadian indigenous peoples

08:00 Further details on the specifics of self-government

12:00 Further details on the history of self-government issues

24:00 Issues around implementation of self-government

27:00 Discussion concerning the Indian Act

30:00 Discussion of policies concerning indigenous Canadians

42:00 Discussion of the 1969 White Paper

45:00 Discussion of politics surrounding indigenous Canadians in the 1970s

49:00 Discussion of relations between indigenous Canadians and the federal government in the 1980s

52:00 Panner (sp?) report of the 1980s on self-government

53:00 Question period

54:00 Question regarding agreement between sub-categories of indigenous groups

59:00 Question regarding the theory of self-government

01:03:00 Comment regarding a sovereign state for indigenous Canadians

01:06:00 Question regarding constitutional amendment, nomenclature of

01:08:00 Question regarding taxes

01:11:00 Question regarding christianisation and the English language

01:12:00 Question regarding industrialisation

01:13:00 Question regarding the economic diversity of indigenous Canadians

01:15:00 Question regarding the political structure of self-government