To accomplish this they intended to fast track the investigations of outstanding land claims and then terminate all treaties. ![]() ![]() Instead of actually dealing with problems of entrenched institutionalized racism The White Paper proposed that the government should eliminate the category of “Indian” over a five-year period. The proposed plan of action was intended to replace The Indian Act. ![]() Published in 1969, The White Paper was the Trudeau Government’s clumsy attempt to address the systemic inequalities between Indigenous people (referred to as Indians) and Settlers (referred to as Canadians).
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