Q: What was the purpose of the 1969 White Paper? How did aboriginal groups respond to it?
A: The purpose of the White Paper was to assimilate the First Nations people by removing the Indian
Status, abolish the Indian Act, and allow the First Nations to sell their land by converting the reserve land to private property. The aboriginal groups responded extremely negatively to it, as they did not appreciate removing their special rights, and the government's attempts to assimilate them. Even though the paper was quickly abolished in 1970, protests and activism would continue to occur for a long time afterwards due to the backlash of the event.
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