A series of Indian Government Workshops were coordinated by Union of BC Indian Chiefs in Spring 1978 with the intention of discussing ideas and providing input for the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Aboriginal Rights Position Paper. The workshops allowed for the exchange of ideas about Indian Government, and helped formulate a resolution to adopt the Aboriginal Rights Position Paper proposed by UBCIC, which was passed at the 10th Annual General Assembly.
Originally planned as four workshops held in Kamloops, Terrace, Prince George, and Duncan, a fifth was extended for Campbell River.
Item is a photograph of workshop attendees at the Indian Government Workshop in Kamloops, British Columbia. Steven Point is in the centre of the photograph and Lillian Basil is on the far right.
In July 1978, the Federal Fisheries Department imposed a 2-day closure on fishing in the Lillooet area due to low salmon count in the Fraser River. The Lillooet Band asserted their right to fish for food, arguing they should not be made scapegoats of fisheries and commercial fishing mismanagement. Fishery officers enforced the ban, charging several individuals including Bradley Bob. Upon request of the Lillooet Tribal Council, The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs formed The Legal Fish Committee and a defense council of Louise Mandell and Stuart Rush to defend him in court. They gathered witnesses, maps, documents, and charted fishing patterns and river resource use in preparation for the trial. Their legal argument was based in part on the exclusive hereditary right of Indigenous peoples to fish granted by the Royal Commission in 1881. The trial of Bradley Bob vs. the Queen was held at Thunderbird Hall on the Lillooet Reserve on April 17, 1978. A sentence was reached on August 2, 1979, with the judge finding Bradley Bob guilty according to the letter of the law but giving him an absolute discharge. Despite the decision, the historic trial recognized in law the right of Indigenous peoples to fish for food.
Item is a photograph of a lone house in a field with some logs in the foreground. This photograph appears to be part of a series of photos with the label "Northeast Trip April '78 Pauline Douglas".
Item is a photograph of a house located along a pipeline route. There is a pipeline warning sign along the fence of the property. This photograph appears to correspond to the sleeve "Looping Trip April 1978 Debbie Hoggan". Looping refers to the doubling a pipeline by laying another pipeline by laying another pipeline beside it.
Item is a photograph of a house located along a pipeline route. There is a pipeline warning sign along the fence of the property. This photograph appears to correspond to the sleeve "Looping Trip April 1978 Debbie Hoggan". Looping refers to the doubling a pipeline by laying another pipeline by laying another pipeline beside it.
