Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight, but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal India(...)

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Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight, but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal India(...)

Date6/1/1986

Names

Brazao, Dale (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight; but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal Indian Act and gaining control of their own community affairs.

Subject

Indigenous peoples

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024057F

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