Meeting with BCWF

Identifier

1.03119

Title

Meeting with BCWF

Scope and contents

Item is a photograph of a British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCWF) meeting held at Marco Hall. Photograph is an interior snapshot of people seated in rows of chairs. A man in the second row stands to address the men at the head table whose back is to the camera. He has short hair and beard and moustache. He is wearing a geometric patterned button down shirt beneath an unzipped light coloured sweater. He is holding a piece of paper in one hand; the other is in his pant pocket. The back light coloured wall has its full length curtains fully drawn.

Date

Year

Month

Day

Spatial Coverage

Subject

Congresses and conventions

Wildlife conservation

Fishing rights--British Columbia

Names

B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF)

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

United Native Nations

Skwxwu7mesh Uxwmixw (Squamish) Nation

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Context

The B.C. Wildlife Federation held a meeting on January 19th, 1979 to discuss the depletion of salmon. Hugh Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary to Hugh Faulkner, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, spoke at the event in support of the Aboriginal Right to food fishing. Discussions were held regarding the depletion of salmon stocks through the commercial fishing industry and industrial pollution. UBCIC, the Musqueam Indian Band, the Squamish Nation, and the United Native Nations were in attendance.

B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) and Union of BC Indian Chiefs Joint Committee Meetings