Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) was a royal commission established in 1991 to address many issues of Aboriginal status that had come to light with recent events such as the Oka Crisis and the Meech Lake Accord. The Commission culminated in a final report published in 1996.

The Commission consisted several high profile aboriginals and jurists including Paul Chartrand, Peter Meekison, Viola Robinson, Mary Sillett, and Bertha Wilson, and was chaired by René Dussault, and Georges Erasmus. Together, they undertook the study of the historical relations between the government and aboriginal peoples, in order to determine the possibility of aboriginal self-government, and the legal status of aboriginal treaties. Members of the Commission traveled to numerous aboriginal communities to interview aboriginals on their past and current condition.

[edit] The Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

The Commission published their final report in 1996. It consisted of 5 volumes in order 4000 pages.

[edit] External links

• Government brief on the Royal Commission's report on Aboriginal peoples
• Highlights of the report
• Royal Commission's website