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This ten-page typed Position Paper to the Government of Canada was presented by a group of Tobique First Nation women who organized a march from the Oka Reserve in Quebec to Ottawa. The paper lists many problems and recommendations for solutions to issues facing indigenous women and children including housing and health. Criticisms of the amendment to the Indian Act of 1951 also focus on the retention of Indian status and rights which are often unknowingly given up by women.
Publication Date
7-20-1979
Document Type
Report
City
Quebec, Canada
Keywords
Oka Reserve, Tobique First Nation, women's march, Indian Act of 1951, Department of Indian Affairs, gender discrimination
Language
English
Disciplines
Indigenous Studies | Native American Studies | Political History | Social History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Women, Tobique First Nation, "Native Women’s March Position Paper to the Government of Canada, July 20, 1979" (1979). American Indian Movement and Activism. 28.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/john_thomas_aim/28
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Identifier
Box 11, Folder 2
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