Subseries - ROYAL COMMISSION ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples subseries contains 58 files discussing the Royal Commission on the relocation of Inuit families to the high arctic in the 1950s. Files are arranged by type, some of which are further arranged chronologically. This subseries contains a variety of document types including newspaper clippings, memorandum, correspondence, magazine articles, book chapters, journal articles, speeches, meeting minutes, transcripts of telephone conversations and interviews, press releases and promotional materials, reports, transcripts of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples, responses to the Commission report from the government and media, books about the high arctic relocations, mandates, House of Commons debates, submissions to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples, historical financial records, historical letters, and first-hand accounts of the relocations. The specific topics this subseries covers are the high arctic relocations of Inuits from the coast of Hudson’s Bay in Quebec to Grise Ford and Resolute Bay in the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), research into government documents about the relocations, documents explaining the set up with the town store, the role of the RCMP in the newly established settlements, interpretations of history, treatment of Inuit and other aboriginal peoples by the government, education of aboriginal children, investigations into the RCMP for their treatment of Inuit peoples, administration of the territories, rights of aboriginal women, evidence presented to the Commission, conclusions and final report of the Commission, and the recommendations made by the Commission to the government on how to repair damage to the relocated Inuit families.