Canada, Social conditions, Government relations, Economic conditions, Politics and government, Inuit, Indigenous Peoples, Métis 

Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 

"Established in August 1991, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was tasked with a broad range of issues, many of which are complex and deal with long standing matters in the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The Commissions investigation covered a broad spectrum of the Aboriginal experience in Canada including: the history of the relations between Aboriginal peoples, the Canadian government, and Canadian society as a whole; the recognition of self government; the land base for Aboriginal peoples; the constitutional responsibilities of the Canadian Crown toward Aboriginal peoples and the legal position of the Metis and off-reserve Indians. Aboriginal treaties and modern-day agreements; special difficulties of Aboriginal people who live in the North; the Indian Act and the role of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs; social, economic, and cultural issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples; the position and role of Aboriginal elders and women and the situation of Aboriginal youth; and education and justice issues of concern to Aboriginal peoples." - Voila 

Content:
1 Getting started
2 From time immemorial: a demographic profile
Part 1: The relationship in historical perspective
3 Conceptions of history
4 Stage one: separate worlds
5 stage two: contact and co-operation
6 Stage three: displacement and assimilation
7 Stage four: negotiation and renewal
Part 2: False assumptions and a failed relationship
8 Introduction
9 The Indian Act
10 Residential schools
11 Relocation of Aboriginal communities
12 Veterans
13 Conclusions
Part 3: Building the foundation of a renewed relationship
14 The turning point
15 Rekindling the fire
16 The principles of a renewed relationship
 

Issued also in French under title: Rapport de la Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones.
Co-chairmen: René Dussault, Georges Erasmus.
Errata inserted in v. 1.
Includes bibliographical references.
v. 1. Looking forward, looking back -- v. 2. Restructuring the relationship, pt. 1-2 -- v. 3. Gathering strength -- v. 4. Perspectives and realities -- v. 5. Renewal, a twenty-year commitment.