GC24 Nishnawbe Institute (1971N335)

WHEREAS the Indian Ecumenical Conference has called upon all religious bodies and governments in Canada and the United States of America to declare June 21st, 1971, a National Indian Day of Prayer; and 

WHEREAS June 21st has traditionally been a sacred day for Indians throughout North America:

BE IT RESOLVED that this Twenty-fourth General Council of the United Church of Canada commend to our people the observance of June 21st as a “National Indian Day of Prayer,” and request the Board of Home Missions to make this action known to the people of the church.

ROP Page Ref. 1971 ROP, p. 71, 113.