First Nations and Canada
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Volume 24, Number 1 (2024) 24 (1): 39-54
Keywords Indigenous movement, Canadian Patriation, 1969 White Paper, Grand Chief George Manuel, 1980 Constitution Express, Indigenous treaties, Canadian Constitution, 1970 Indian , George Manuel 1971 meeting with Julius Kambarage Nyerere, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), National Indian Brotherhood (NIB)
Abstract
This article was initially published in 2012 as Chapter 4 of his book Indigenous Nations and Modern States: The Political Emergence of Nations Challenging State Power.
In this article, Dr. Rÿser recounts the key events and strategies that led to the successful Indigenous movement to safeguard Indigenous rights during the Canadian Patriation. He tracks the movement’s development from the 1969 “White Paper,” in which Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Minister of Indian Affairs Jean Chrétien proposed eliminating the special status of Indigenous peoples in the new constitution, to Grand Cheif George Manuel’s 1980 initiative, the “Constitution Express,” in which he organized more than 600 Indigenous activists to travel across Canada by train to demand that the rights guaranteed in their Indigenous treaties with the British be upheld by the new Canadian Constitution.
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Published June 1, 2024
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