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Title
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Nesika
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Description
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File consists of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs published newsletter entitled Nesika: the Voice of B.C. Indians. In 1975, the UBCIC and the BC Association of Non-Status Indians (BCANSI), which later changed its name to the United Native Nations (UNN) in 1977, produced three joint Nesika publications. This partnership arose following the rejection of government funding at the 1975 Seventh Annual General Assembly of the UBCIC. Since the rejection of government funding heralded the beginning of a movement that was to be financially supported by Aboriginal people, the two organizations partnered to produce the Nesika newsletter together. Although the newsletter was a joint publication, the UBCIC financially contributed to the majority of expenses. The philosophy of the co-published Nesika was to provide content that included only the shared concerns of the two organizations: land claims and Aboriginal rights, independence and self-reliance. Following the third joint issue, however, the partnership to jointly produce Nesika was dissolved because of the differing views of the two organizations. After seeing the September 1975 issue, the UBCIC Chiefs Council voted to fire the editor and withhold the issue from subscribers. As of October 1975, the BCANSI continued to produce its own newsletter by the same name but the UBCIC was no longer involved. Issues of Nesika are arranged by year of publication
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Date
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1972-1975
