Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
| Abbreviation | UBCIC |
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| Formation | November 22, 1969 |
| Founded at | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| Headquarters | Suite 401 - 312 Main Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A-2T2 |
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Region | British Columbia |
President | Grand Chief Stewart Phillip |
Vice-President | Chief Don Tom |
| Website | http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/ |
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The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is a First Nations political organization founded in 1969 in response to Jean Chrétien's White Paper proposal to assimilate Status Indians and disband the Department of Indian Affairs.
Since the disbanding of the Allied Tribes of British Columbia in 1927, there had been many attempts to create a unified provincial organization, but conflict between the primarily coastal/Protestant Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and the primarily interior/Catholic National American Indian Brotherhood had been too great.
At a three-day meeting in November 1969 in Kamloops, 175 provincial chiefs unanimously voted to create the UBCIC. In 1971, the UBCIC adopts its Constitution and By-laws and is incorporated under the BC Societies Act.