The B.C. Native Women's Association (BCNWS) was part of a groundswell of activism in the late 1960s that culminated in the resistance to the government's 1969 White Paper. IN 1974 Indigenous activists and supporters of the women's movement in Canada united to form the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC). The BCNWS as joined the organization. The BCNWS focused on local issues but was also actively campaigning for the rights of Indigenous women limited by such legislation as the Indian Act. IN 1994, the NWAC in collaboration with the BCNWS challenged the government's decision to exclude the NWAC from the Charlottetown Accords. More recently the BCNWS was an active participant in the national inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
1990-2000