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2008-06-11 Aboriginal Apology

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Date:

11 June 2008

Reference:

R16093-55583-2-E

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5607759

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Stephen J. Harper fonds

Office of the Prime Minister - Official Photographers

Original official photographs

June 2008

2008-06-11 Aboriginal Apology
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Date(s):

11 June 2008

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

630 digital photographs.

Language of material:

English

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with residential school victims and First Nations leaders on Parliament Hill. Stephen Harper officially apologizes for more than a century of abuse and cultural loss involving Indian residential schools at a ceremony in the House of Commons. Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine, Patrick Brazeau, National chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Mary Simon, representing the Inuit Tapiritit Kanatami, Clément Chartier, president of Canada's Métis National Council, and Beverley Jacobs, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, respond to the official apology at a ceremony in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Stephen Harper smokes a peace pipe after issuing a full apology for the Indian residential school system. Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former Prime Minister Paul Martin watch a cultural presentation. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Marguerite Wabano, Phil Fontaine, Clément Chartier, Chuck Strahl, Michaëlle Jean, Paul Martin, Bruce Carson, Peter Van Loan, Patrick Brazeau, Mary Simon, Beverley Jacobs.

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Photographer: Ransom, Jason

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MSS2703

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Physical description note:

Digital records received in the following file format(s): 460 CR2 (5.8 GB) and 170 JPG (898.6 MB).

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This file contains the original photographs for this event. To view the edited photographs for this event, see June 2008, Archival Reference number R16093-97-4.

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Credit: Photographer's name (see "Additional name(s)") / Library and Archives Canada / Stephen J. Harper fonds / R16093-XXXX-X (See "Reference number"). Copyright: Photographer's name (see "Additional name(s)").

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