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The 1969 White Paper (officially entitled Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy) was a policy paper proposal set forth by the Government of Canada related to First Nations. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his Minister of Indian Affairs , Jean Chrétien , issued the paper in 1969.
The White and Red Papers served as an impetus for the collaborative effort of the federal government and Indigenous peoples to begin serious planning for the future. [ 4 ] This resulted in the 1975 paper, The Canadian Government/The Canadian Indian Relationships, which defined a policy framework for strengthening the control of programs and ...
In 1969, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Minister of Indian Affairs Jean Chrétien released a policy document officially entitled Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian policy. Better known as the White Paper , this policy proposed a dismantling of the Indian Act and an end to the special relationship between Indigenous Peoples ...
1969 in Canadian law (2 C, 5 P) M. ... 1969 White Paper This page was last edited on 6 October 2023, at 15:43 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The publication of the Red Paper, along with much criticism across Canada, resulted in the retraction of the White Paper by Pierre Trudeau. On June 3, 1970, leaders from the National Indian Brotherhood gathered in Ottawa to endorse the Red Paper as the official response to the Canadian government's White Paper. On June 4, the Indian Brotherhood ...
The Paper proposed the general assimilation of First Nations into the Canadian body politic through the elimination of the Indian Act and Indian status, the parcelling of reserve land to private owners, and the elimination of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The White Paper prompted the first major national mobilization of Indian ...
July 7 – The Official Languages Act makes French and English equal throughout the Canadian government; July 15 – Edward Schreyer becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Walter Weir; August 24 – The oil tanker Manhattan becomes the first such ship to travel through the Northwest Passage; September 27- The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto opens
With the 1969 White Paper, George Manuel participated in the formation of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs to oppose the new proposed policy. The first Chiefs meeting in 1969 was organized by Rose Charlie of the Indian Homemakers Association of BC , Philip Paul of the Southern Vancouver Island Tribal Federation and Don Moses of the North ...