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Records consist of a transcription of a speech given by John Parker, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, at the opening ceremonies of William McDonald Junior High School. The content of the speech concentrates on the life and work of William L. McDonald.

Records are comprised of files collected by the Commissioner. Records include materials related to education, in particular a report by Des Sparham, documents related to the Fort Resolution sawmill, Resolute Bay Policy Committee materials, departmental responses to a plan for transferring responsibilities to communities, Executive Committee policy directives, and documents related to the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE).

This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),