Chief Byron Louis at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On October 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2023 / 5:15 p.m.

Okanagan Indian Band

I'll do that really fast.

One of the issues of that was, for us, that this review would happen. They tried commissions and also the McKenna-McBride.

I want people to look at the B.C. Indian Reserves Mineral Resources Act of 1943. This act is a prime example of colonialism at its finest. I can explain that if people want to ask, but what I'm talking about is the relationship. How do we get to that good relationship?

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