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T ~ I Ep u r F o s e of t h i s l e t t e r is t o ?ro<idc you w i t h a b r i e f
r e v i c c : of Zr.?ian a f f a i r s , t o ide:~.:ify c e r t a i r . new t r e n d s t h a t
a r c c r ? r : i n ~ , an2 t o s u g g e s t a ncw l i n e of approech t o w a r c ,
thz 2 - ;zxssion o f Indian g r i e v a n c e s .
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fur.c?c,.;.,ental d i f f c r c n c c s r r ~ i m g1ndii:ns which 1-rcre t c m p o r a r i l y
i~ c c l i y s c are now once rnxc coiaing t o t h c fore). Thc picture
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ace n i7rl,cq!;t m D r e c l o s e l y i n t o t h e p r o c e s s o f p l a c n i n g 2nd
<.- .- :n(i oh j c c t i v e s i o r A c p a r t n l c n t a l programs.;
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r-nd t h e F e d e r a l Governmen$ i s irr active o p e r a t i o n
i n ; , l b c r t r , M a n i t o b a a n d Quebec, and i n . t h e . f c r m a t i v e stage
I n d i m r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s are s i t t i n , as full
i:; ::ova s c o t i a .
r . 2 ~ J j c ros f p u b l i c Service Commissior. s e l e c t i o n b o a r d s f o r
C i 2 l d a p ? o i n t m e n t s i n my D e p a r t m e n t , and w h i l e t h i s process
js n o t w i t h o u t i t s p r o b l e m s , the g e n e r a l e f f e c t has been
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-- t>xovicling a c l i m a t e c o n d u c i v e t o j o i n t e f f o r t s t o s o l v e
h r o s l c m s f a c i n g I n d i a n c o m u n i t i e s , d o e s n o t mssn t h e r e i s
3 i ) : r l y t o be a n y marked a n d i m . c d i a t e s t e p t a k c n by the
p r o . J l r c c s t o assume r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s f o r p r o g r a m a2d
s c r v l r e s , o r of: w i l l i n g n e s s on t h e p a r t o f t h e Indians and
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t o r e l i n q u i s h fedsral t i e s .
S o x z d v a n c e s are b c i n ~made. I n s e v e r a l i n s t a n c e s r e c e n t l y ,
p r o v i n c e s have a n n o u n c e d e s p e c i a l l y t h a t t h e y h a v e i n c l u d e d
I n d i a n r e s e r v e s i n p r o v i n c i a l s e a s o a a l works p r o g r a m s .
p r o v i n c i a l m i n i s t e r s a n d o f f i c i a l s have had much more f i r s t hand c o n t a c t v i r h I n d i a n s t h a n e v e r b c f o r e and t r c now nmre
ir\.iarc o f t h e coin7lex pro'slcms of I n d i a n a f f a i r s .
E?everthelcss,
tito v r o v i n c i a l goveznnents b y and l a r g e s t i l l n a i n t a i n t h e '
position o f 1oo::ing u?on I n d i a n s a s p r i m a r i l y z f'edcrnl
r c ? z p o n s i b i l i t y iln? w i l i wait f o r a p p r o a c h e s f r o m t h e
goi.-crxtcnt
I n d i c r . stl?>ort b e f o r ? c x t e n d i n y b a s i c services,
c~c1t h e n v i r t c a > l y only oil a 1 C O Z z o s t bzsis, an*. t h e y
c x ? h a s i z c more t h a n e v e r t h a t a n y e x t e n s i o n oT t h e p r o v i n c i a l
rolc i s c o n d i t i c m a l upan t h e willingness ezd e x p r e s s e d dcsire
of t h e Indians.
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by which t h e s e may be b r o u g h t a b o u t t h r o u g h a p p r o a c h e s t o
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many L c d c r a l departments znb a l s o p r o v i n c i a l and o u t s i d e s o u r c e s .
The commitments t h e y seek from g o v e r n m e n t - a r e based on thc
" c h a r h a r i g h t s " 02 I n d i r n s , r i g h t s w h i c h I n d i a n s f c c l "dcrivo
f ron h i s t o r y and l o n g respect".
Phc d e f i n i t i o n i c v a g u e b u t
tllsy h o l d i t t o i n c l u d e n o t o n l y obvious trarlit.iona1. p r i v i l r p c s such a!; h r l n t i - q r i q h t s , b u t a l s o marc recent: enancint i o n s . s u c h as t a x cr~;;~ptians.T t h a s even bean ecpnnciccl t o
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