Submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: The Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC)

This submission was presented in 1993 on behalf of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition (Project North), the collective voice of several of Canada's churches on Aboriginal issues (including Mennonite Central Committee Canada). The Coalition included a network of Canadians - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal - who were involved with Aboriginal issues at the regional and local levels in many parts of the country.

The paper includes 57 recommendations, on:

• Non-Aboriginal Quest for Resources
• Aboriginal Land Rights
• Self-Determination
• Healing
• Public Education
• Non-Violent Struggle

It was submitted in hope that the experience and recommendations of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition would assist the Commission in its task of identifying and articulating solutions to current problems and long standing injustices.