Declaration of Indian Rights: The BC Indian Position Paper (1970)
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Title
Declaration of Indian Rights: The BC Indian Position Paper (1970)
Subject
Brown Paper
White Paper
Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Indian Act
Reconciliation efforts
Indigenous Rights
Canadian Policy paper
White Paper
Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Indian Act
Reconciliation efforts
Indigenous Rights
Canadian Policy paper
Description
This Document was produced by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and published on 17th November 1970, in direct response to the 1969 White Paper. The White Paper was a controversial policy paper submitted by the serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau attempting to abolish pre existing legal documents pertaining to First Nation peoples, namely the Indian Act and attached treaties with the aim of assimilating all ‘Indian’ people under a unified Canadian state. The response to this as reflected in the Brown Paper highlights the outrage and disapproval of the aboriginal group. As a consequence of this paper and other opposition the federal government responded by distancing itself from this policy. This document can be used to demonstrate the continuing problems relating to Indigenous peoples and the state 's view on their rights within a contemporary context. Furthermore, it served to demonstrate the changing nature of this relationship from recognition to reconciliation efforts unsuccessful though they were.
Creator
The Union of British Columbia Chiefs, Vancouver
Publisher
Online source, pdf link
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Date
17 November 1970
Contributor
Salma Latifi
Language
English
Type
Textual - typed document
Identifier
20th century British Columbia
Files
Collection
Citation
The Union of British Columbia Chiefs, Vancouver , “Declaration of Indian Rights: The BC Indian Position Paper (1970),” The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present, accessed May 10, 2024, https://theamericanpacificrim.omeka.net/items/show/166.