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APPENDIX B: LIST OF WITNESSES

 

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Perry Billingsley, Associate Deputy Minister Treaties and Aboriginal Government

2017/09/19

67

Stephen Gagnon, Director General Specific Claims Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government

   

Julie Mugford, Senior Director Modern Treaty Implementation Office, Implementation Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government

   

British Columbia Treaty Commission

Celeste Haldane, Chief Commissioner

2017/09/25

69

Tom Happynook, Commissioner

   

First Nations of the Maa-nulth Treaty Society

Charlie Cootes, President

   

Connie Waddell, Councillor

   

Gary Yabsley, Legal Counsel Ratcliff and Co

   

First Nations Summit

Cheryl Casimer, Political Executive Member

   

Melissa Louie, Legal and Policy Advisor

   

Havlik Metcs Ltd.

Morgan Chapman, Research Associate

   

Nisga'a Lisims Government

Collier Azak, Chief Executive Officer

   

Eva Clayton, President

   

Corinne McKay, Secretary-Treasurer

   

Margaret Rosling, General Counsel

   

Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council

Debbie Abbott, Executive Director

 

 

Grand Chief Robert Pasco, Tribal Chair

   

Sto:lo Xwexwilmexw Treaty Association

David Schaepe, Technical Advisor Treaty Negotiating Team

   

Jean Teillet, Chief Negotiator

   

Te'mexw Treaty Association

Robert Janes, Legal Counsel

   

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Judy Wilson, Secretary-Treasurer

   

Jody Woods, Research Director

   

Westbank First Nation

Christopher Derickson, Councillor

   

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Grand Chief Arlen Dumas

2017/09/27

70

Athabasca Denesuline Né Né Land Corporation

Barry Hunter, Negotiations Advisor

   

Ronald Robillard, Chief Negotiator

   

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation

Chief Jim Bear

   

Lorie Thompson, Legal counsel

   

Ghotlenene K’odtineh Dene

Wayne Wysocki

   

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.

Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson

   

Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.

Jason Madden, Legal Counsel

   

Northlands Denesuline First Nation

Benji Denechezhe, Chief Negotiator

   

Sandy Bay First Nation

Chief Lance Roulette

2017/09/27

70

Sayisi Dene First Nation

Geoff Bussidor, Chief Negotiator

   

Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of Manitoba Inc.

Nelson Genaille, President

   

Conseil de la nation Atikamekw

Grand Chief Constant Awashish

2017/09/28

71

Essipit Innu First Nation

Marc Chaloult, Coordinator Treaty and Public Affairs

   

Chief Martin Dufour Band Council

   

Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey

Eleanor Bernard, Executive Director

   

Chiefs of Ontario

Chief Isadore Day, Ontario Regional Chief

2017/09/29

72

Missanabie Cree First Nation

Ryan Lake, Legal Counsel

   

Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation

Chief Stacey Laforme

   

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

Grand Chief Abram Benedict Mohawk Government

   

Phillip White-Cree, Acting Manager Aboriginal Rights and Research Office

   

Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte

Chief R. Donald Maracle Band No. 38

   

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Leah Ballantyne, Chief of Staff

   

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Luke Hunter, Research Director Land Rights and Treaty Research

 

 

Six Nations of the Grand River

Chief Ava Hill

   

Philip Monture, Land Rights Consultant

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Stephen Gagnon, Director General Specific Claims Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government

2017/10/17

75

Heather McLean, Director General Policy Development and Coordination Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government

   

Joe Wild, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Treaties and Aboriginal Government

   

Office of the Auditor General

Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada

   

Joe Martire, Principal

   

James McKenzie, Principal

   

Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council, Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Program

Morgan Chapman, Research Associate

2017/10/19

76

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

Alastair Campbell, Senior Policy Advisor

   

Aluki Kotierk, President

   

Specific Claims Tribunal Canada

Jennifer Hocking, Legal Counsel

   

Harry Slade, Chairperson

   

Behdzi Ahda" First Nation

Chief Wilbert Kochon

2017/10/23

77

Joseph Kochon, Chief Negotiator

   

Deh Gah Got'ie First Nations

Sam Gargan, Sub-Chief and Mayor of Fort Providence

 

 

Dene Nation

National Chief Bill Erasmus

   

Government of the Northwest Territories

Mike Aumond, Deputy Minister Executive and Indigenous Affairs

   

Robert R. McLeod, Premier

   

Gwich'in Tribal Council

Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan, Grand Chief and President

   

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Kate Darling, General Counsel

   

Duane Ningaqsiq Smith, Chair and Chief Executive Officer

   

North Slave Métis Alliance

Christopher Devlin, Legal Counsel

   

Bill Enge, President

   

Northwest Territory Métis Nation

Jake Heron, Chief Negotiator

   

Sahtu Secretariat Incorporated

Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Chairperson

   

Tlicho Government

Grand Chief George Mackenzie

   

Bertha Rabesca Zoe, Legal Counsel

   

Government of Nunavut

William MacKay, Deputy Minister Department of Justice

2017/10/24

78

Susan Woodley, Aboriginal Affairs Advisor Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs

   

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Natan Obed, President

   

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation

Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck

 

 

Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach

Robert Prévost, Advisor

   

Chief Noah Swappie

   

Algonquin Nation Secretariat

Peter Di Gangi, Director Policy and Research

2017/10/26

79

As an individual

Douglas R. Eyford, Lawyer Eyford Macaulay LLP

   

Dehcho First Nations

Grand Chief Herb Norwegian

   

Mishkosiminiziibiing First Nation

Glenn Archie, Head Negotiator Flood Claims Negotiations

   

Timiskaming First Nation

Chief Wayne McKenzie

   

Treaty & Aboriginal Rights Research Centre of Manitoba Inc.

Patricia Myran, Assistant Director

   

Cam Stewart, Director

   

Wolf Lake First Nation

Chief Harry St. Denis