INDIAN WORLD is the official voice of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.
It is dedicated to building a strong foundation for Indian Government by providing an awareness of the political and social issues affecting the Indians of British Columbia.
The UBCIC NEWS is the official voice of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. It is dedicated to building a strong foundation for Indian Government by providing an awareness of the political and social issues affecting the Indians of British Columbia. Signed articles and opinions are the views of the individuals concerned and not necessarily those of the UBCIC .
File consists of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs published newsletter entitled Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Newsletter. Issues of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Newsletter are arranged by year of publication
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs produced and continues to produce posters to be distributed as a means of disseminating information about events or issues. Most of the posters were created to raise awareness of Aboriginal issues such as Indian government, self-determination, and title and rights. Unlike the large format bulletins published serially by the UBCIC, the posters were issued as individual items not necessarily related to each other in format or content. Currently, the posters are for sale to help generate revenue for the UBCIC Resource Centre.
Several of the posters contain original artwork. One of the posters (Making Indians ordinary Canadians, 1991) contains original artwork done by Saul Terry who was the president of the UBCIC from 1983 to 1998. Other identified artists include B. Dick (You either are . . . or you ain’t), Willis Peters (“In tribute to our founders” - celebrating 25 years of Indian leadership [25th Annual General Assembly], 1993) and Wilson ([Untitled – Artist: Wilson], 1985).
The sub-series is part of the Communications Department series. The relationship of the sub-series to the rest of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs fonds is shown below:
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs fonds
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Communications department series
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Posters sub-series
The sub-series has been arranged chronologically by decade into four files.
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
