Rob"It just reveals in spades the attitude of the government towards us, the colonial attitude towards Indigenous people," said Belcourt, founding president of the Native Council of Canada in 1971 representing Métis and non-status First Nations people.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-spies-1970s-indigenous-rights-9.7134112
How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement | CBC News
A CBC Indigenous investigation has found the Cold War-era RCMP Security Service had a widespread and intrusive surveillance operation targeting at least 30 legitimate Indigenous political organizations and hundreds of Indigenous people.