NS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: 1969 White Paper, Maria Campbell, Indian Act
23 Mar 2018
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Would have subdivided them and give equal portions to all the families apart of the band. It"s tougher to hold onto land when it"s individual ownership. Basically the idea was that indians would just become "regular canadians" The 2nd thought was that special rights make people lazy. In some way that the special rights they wouldn"t face the type of situation they found themselves in at 1969. Programs would all be handed over to the bands and then and only then could you dismantle. Cardinal says that the real problems really lay with the unkempt treaty promises. The ideology behind the white paper continues to affect indigenous policy. The white paper resulted into national resistance that has never happened before. The calder case went all the way to the supreme court. A rare deal happen in where there was no clear ruling. 3 people said no the niska title couldn"t exist.
