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Judicial Inquiry Re: Judge R.M. Bourassa, Transcript of the Proceedings heard before The Honourable Madam Justice C.M. Conrad, sitting at Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. - 26 Mar. 1990. - 1 folder. 159 pages.
This folder contains a transcript of the initial hearing of the Bourassa inquiry

Bourassa Inquiry Transcripts. - 1990. - 40 cm. (24 folders)
The folders contain the 24 volumes of transcript of the Bourassa Inquiry held in Yellowknife, N.W.T. from Apr. 23, 1990 to June 22, 1990.

Please note that the transcript contains discussion of sexual violence, including against children.

[Below is an original caption accompanied by an archival description which was documented on a tape featuring Elizabeth Cass. Attached is a transcript of Cass' words which may cause offense because she uses outdated language to describe the Loucheaux (Gwich'in) and Inuit. We have reproduced the original caption and record as is because they are a part of the original historical record. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives].

Transcript of Tape 1 Some Observations on the Loucheux [Gwich'in] Indians, Their Customs and Stories. E.E. Cass, M.D. Includes notes on hunting, birch bark canoes, personal hygiene, rivalry between Inuit and Dene at Fort McPherson in the early twentieth century, and customs associated with puberty, marriage, burial, and music and dancing.

Transcript of Tape 2 Some Observations on the Loucheux [Gwich'in] Indians, Their Customs and Stories - includes notes on medicine men, stories she heard from Annie McPherson, Loucheux medicines, chiefs, brush men (Hare and Slavey), religious beliefs, story of the Boy in the Moon, a story about medicine men related to her by Paul Bonnetplume of Aklavik, and a story by Paul Bonnetplume about the Medicine Man of Peel River [continued on tape 3].

Transcript of Tape 3 [No title supplied. This is a continuation of Dr. Cass' observations on the Loucheux [Gwich'in] Indians]. - [Paul Bonnetplume's story continued from tape 2], story related to her by Peter Lord of Old Crow about [Shaheuh ?], story off Peter Lord about Epsi [about a medicine man], a story related by Mrs Martin of Aklavik about a medicine man, a story related by Lazarus Sittichinli, Mrs Martin and Edward Snowshoe about a lazy boy [each story has a different ending], the story of a man who tuned into a caribou, a story related by Edward Snowshoe of Fort McPherson about a boy whose medicine was caribou, three stories about bushmen,

Transcript of Tape 4 Loucheux [Gwich'in] Customs and Stories Continued Tales of the Bushman and the girl (continued) May 10, 1959. [tale of the Brushmen and the Girl continued from tape 3], a story about a young girl at puberty, a story about the Willow Man as related by Peter Lord of Old Crow, a story about an ungrateful Indian, a Loucheaux story about the flood.

Transcript of Tape 5 Loucheux [Gwich'in] Customs and Stories Continued. [Story of Sakeethuck from Peter Moses of Old Crow; of Katchukye from Edward Snowshoe of Fort McPherson]

Transcript of Tape 6 Loucheux [Gwich'in] Customs and Stories Continued May 19. 1959.

Transcript of Tape 7 Loucheux [Gwich'in] Customs and Stories Continued May 21, 1959.

A typed transcript of an interview between Father Posset and William Nerysoo, Senior, relating to Gwich'in personal names which was conducted on November 23, 1987. Two letters written by Father Posset which provide some biographical information on Johnny Betseda, John Tsetso and Jean Marie Punch. 1988

Minutes of a meeting held on September 8, 1965 to discuss forming the guild; an original drawing of the logo used by the guild; two newsletters, one from March 1982 and the other from 1983; and the programme from the guild's 10th anniversary dinner and dance.

[1 folder containing 11 typed pages of Winona Carruthers' recollections of being a teacher in Hay River. 1903-1909?]

[Handwritten letter to Mary Saich authored by a former student of Ms. Saich residing in Tuktoyaktuk]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the month of June 1942 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include boat/barge schedules and Ms. Saich’s travel plans for leaving Aklavik]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the month of July 1942 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include a speech delivered by Bishop Renaissson in Aklavik and Ms. Saich’s journey south on the Radium King, the Confirmation church service in Aklavik, a fellow passenger whom she refers to as Mr. Clarke, and her arrival in Negus Mine]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the month of July 1942 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include her stop in Yellowknife and Outpost Island on her journey about the Radium King back down south and forest fires along the river]

[A handwritten account of Christmas 1940 in Aklavik by Mary Saich, a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the month of September 1941 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include the wedding ceremony of two school teachers, Miss Saich’s frustrations at the delayed arrivals of cargo boats and planes, and the difficulties of living and working in the far north]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the month of October 1941 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include a canine attack, Ms. Saich’s work with Brownies, racial segregation, community Halloween festivities, tuberculosis]

[Letters written by Mary Saich to her parents throughout the months of November and December 1941 in her second year acting as a teacher at the All Saints Anglican Residential School in Aklavik. Includes details of her work as a teacher and the operations of the school, as well as community activities and social life. Subjects include the food offered at the school, anecdotes concerning the school children, growing anxiety in the community as the United States declares war on Japan and Germany, community tension over an inter-racial marriage, the souvenirs which she has acquired in Aklavik, her frustration over the delay of the supply planes from the south, and Christmas activities]