Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future. RCAP's five-year examination of the relationships of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples to Canada and to non-Indigenous Canadians resulted in a new vision for Canada and provided 440 specific recommendations, many of which informed the subsequent work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Considered too radical and difficult to implement, RCAP's recommendations were largely ignored, but the TRC reiterates that longstanding inequalities and imbalances in Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples remain and quite literally calls us to action. With reflections on RCAP's legacy by its co-chairs, leaders of national Indigenous organizations and the Minister of Indigenous Crown Relations, and leading academics and activists, this collection refocuses our attention on the groundbreaking work already performed by RCAP. Organized thematically, it explores avenues by which we may establish a new relationship, build healthy and powerful communities, engage citizens, and move to action. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
FOREWORD "We Are All Here to Stay": The Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum Marking the Twentieth Anniversary of RCAP / Marlene Brant Castellano and Frederic Wien -- INTRODUCTION -- Charting a Way Forward / Katherine A.H. Graham and David Newhouse -- PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE FOR A NEW NATION-TO NATION RELATIONSHIP -- Completing Confederation: The Necessary Foundation / Frances Abele, Erin Alexiuk, Satsan (Herb George) and Catherine MacQuarrie -- Twenty Years Later: The RCAP Legacy in Indigenous Health System Governance--What about the Next Twenty? / Yvonne Boyer, Jose´e Lavoie, Derek Kornelsen, and Jeff Reading -- PART 2: CREATING THE VISION FOR A NEW NATION-TO_NATION RELATIONSHIP -- Address by René Dussault, Co-Chair, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples -- Address by Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples -- Address by Perry Bellegarde, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations -- Address by Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami -- Address by Clément Chartier, President, Me´tis National Council -- Address by Robert Bertrand, National Chief, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples -- Address by Francyne Joe, President, Native Women's Association of Canada -- Address by Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada -- PART 3: POWERFUL COMMUNITIES, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES -- Thunderbird Is Rising: Indigenizing Education in Canada / Jo-ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem and Jan Hare-- Insights into Community Development in First Nations: A Poverty Action Research Project / Jennifer S. Dockstator, Jeff S. Denis, Frederic Wien, Gerard Duhaime, Mark S. Dockstator, David Newhouse, Wanda Wuttunee, Charlotte Loppie, John Loxley, Warren Weir, Eabametoong First Nation, Misipawtisik Cree First Nation, Opiticiwan Atikamekw Firs Nation, Sipekne'katik First Nation, and T'it'q'et -- Indigenous Economic Development with Tenacity / Wanda Wutunee, Fredric Wien, and David Newhouse -- Powerful Communities, Healthy Communities: A Twenty-Five Year Journey of Healing and Wellness / Caroline l. Tait, Devon Napope, Amy Bombay, William Mussell, First Peoples First Person, and Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network -- Cultural Safety / Carrie Bourassa, Eric Olesen, Sibyl Diver, and Janet McElhaney -- What Will It Take? Ending the Canadian Government's Chronic Failure to Do Better for First Nations Children and Families When It Knows Better / Cindy Blackstock -- Art of Healing and Reconciliation: From Time Immemorial through RCAP, the TRC, and Beyond / Jonathan Dear -- PART 4: MOVING TO ACTION -- Engaging Citizens in Indigenous-Non-Indigenous Relations / Lynne Davfs and Chris Hillier -- SSHRC and the Conscientious Community: Reflecting and Acting on Indigenous Research and Reconciliation in Response to CTA 65 / Aaron Franks -- Canada's Aboriginal Policy and the Politics of Ambivalence: A Policy Tools Perspective / Daniel Sale´e and Carole Le´vesque -- Executive Summary: Canadian Public Opinion on Aboriginal Peoples / Michael Adams, The Environics Institute -- Conclusion: What's the Way Forward? / Katherine A.H. Graham and David Newhouse -- Appendix : Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum Oversight Committee.
Notes
Selected revised papers presented at a conference, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Forum, "Hear Our Voice", in November, 2016, held in Winnipeg.
