Alternate Title
Comminiqué (Health and Welfare Canada) ; 1979-88
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
David Crombie
Description
Stated goal of policy is to "achieve an increasing level of health in Indian communities, generated and maintained by the Indian communities themselves" and that it rests on three pillars: community development, relationship between "Indian" population and the Federal Government, and Canadian healthcare system.
Includes letter sent from Minister of Health and Welfare to Noel Starblanket, President of the National Indian Brotherhood.