White Paper of 1969.

By the late 1960’s, it had long been recognized that Native Canadians Aboriginal Canadians had failed to share socially and economically in the general prosperity that followed World War II. They were frequently the victims of discrimination and lacked access to the economic, educational, medical, and social benefits available to the majority of Canadians. These issues were frequently lumped together in the popular media and by government bureaucrats as the “Indian problem.” The White Paper of 1969 was a policy statement and plan issued by Prime Minister Trudeau, Pierre Pierre Trudeau to resolve the problem. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development White Paper of 1969