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The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is a First Nations political organization founded in 1969 in response to Jean Chrétien's White Paper proposal to assimilate Status Indians and disband the Department of Indian Affairs. [1]
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 ...
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In opposition to the 1969 White Paper, Charlie and the IHA organized two "moccasin walks", culminating in a large gathering of chiefs, which helped lead to the foundation of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs in November 1969. [2] Charlie became a member of the Union's executive council and was later named a Grand Chief. [2]
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is an Okanagan Aboriginal leader who has served as president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs since 1998. As chief of the Penticton Indian Band in British Columbia from 1994 until 2008, as well as chair of the Okanagan Nation Alliance, he has advocated for Aboriginal rights for the First Nations in that province and particularly in the Okanagan region.
Hereditary Chief John L. George was the longest serving elected Chief and founding member of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, formed in 1969 against the Liberal 'White Paper' Policy that would end Indian status. He was a strong advocate and protector of TWN Aboriginal Rights and Title.
Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, referred to by the BC government as "Office of the Wet'suwet'en" Tahltan Nation, governed by Tahltan Central Council; The first two organizations are allied and often release joint documents with the name Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en.
"First Nation" refers to the Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. In the context used here, it refers only to band governments. For a list of peoples and ethnicities please see List of First Nations peoples in British Columbia (which includes extinct groups).