The federal government's White Paper on Indian Policy, 1969, sought to assimilate First Nations people into the broader, predominantly European society by dismantling the Indian Act.

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The 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy proposed eliminating Indian status, dissolving the Department of Indian Affairs, and transferring the responsibility for Indigenous affairs to the provinces, aiming to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Canadian society and eliminate special legal relationships between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government.

The Federal Government's White Paper on Indian Policy, 1969, Sought