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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "Canada" of the Bradley H. Patterson
Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 1 of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
August 27, 1976
Dear Mr. Mackle:
Dr. Ted Marre has left the White House to
become active in the Indian Health Service in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The President has
asked me to take his place.
Among Ted's papers I found your letter to him
dated April 21.
If my schedule should permit, it would indeed
be interesting to visit Ottawa and compare notes
with you about the Indian policies and programs of
the Canadian government. Pending such a time,
if you should be near Washington again, it would
be a particular pleasure to make your acquaintance
personally. Do you and I have similar colleagues
"down under"?
Cordially,
Bradley H. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. P.C. Mackie
Assistant Deputy Minister
Indian and Eskimo Affairs
PS: There is one issue
400 Laurier Avenue W
we should talk a bout
Ottawa, Canada
sometime: Pacific
Salmon Fishing.
BHPjr
BHP:msp
FORD is SABRARY
Assistant Deputy Minister
Sous-ministre adjoint
Indian and Northern Affairs
Affaires indiennes et du Nord
Indian Affairs
Affaires indiennes
April 21, 1976.
Dr. Theodore Marrs,
Your file Votre référence
Special Assistant to the President,
The White House,
Our file Notre référénce
Washington, D.C.
Dear Dr. Marrs:
During my recent visit to Washington you kindly devoted a
generous portion of an afternoon to me and several of my
colleagues. Your ideas, insights and overall perspective
of Indian development were most enlightening. The same is
true of your plans to direct bureaucratic differences in
planning and administration toward a more common goal. The
latter is a general problem and I found your approach to
overcoming bureaucratic over-lapping and duplication unique
and distinctive. I would dearly love to be a fly on the
wall of your office and follow your resolution of this
problem over the next few months. I am sure such an exercise
could be both productive and instructive. There are many
parallels between Indian people of our respective countries
and the opportunity to gain insight into your thinking was
most helpful.
In the course of our conversation I mentioned the interest
my Minister the Honourable Judd Buchanan has in exchaning
ideas with legislators and senior government advisors who
have interests and responsibilities which parallel his own.
You indicated an interest in possibly coming to Ottawa to
meet Mr. Buchanan and his colleagues. I know he would welcome
the opportunity for such an exchange. Perhaps when your own
plans become clear you can drop me a note or write to D. Brant,
Special Assistant to the Minister. I can assure you that we
will do everything possible to make such a visit as productive
as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Cen
P. C. Mackie,
Assistant Deputy Minister
(Indian and Eskimo Affairs).
FORD
&
400 Laurier Ave. W.
400, O. ave. Laurier
Ottawa K1A 0H4
Ottawa K1A 0H4
Assistant Deputy Minister
Sous-ministre adjoint
Indian and Northern Affairs
Affaires indiennes et du Nord
Indian Affairs
Affaires indiennes
October 13, 1976.
Mr. Bradley H. Patterson, Jr.,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
Your file Votre référence
Our file Notre référénce
Dear Mr. Patterson:
May I apologize for having taken so long to respond to your letter
of August 31. Congratulations on your appointment to the White House.
We would welcome your visit to Ottawa whenever it might be
convenient for you.
We certainly do have colleagues in both Australia and New Zealand
and I understand there is a growing interest in aboriginal people
in South America as well. As you may well know, their situation is
in many respects disasterous.
I have asked my office to get in touch directly with your staff
to see when might be an appropriate time for us to get together.
The National Indian Brotherhood which is the Canadian counterpart
to the Tribal Treaty Chiefs Association and the Congress of
American Indians has had an exceptional Indian women working with
them for the last few months. Ms. Vicky Santana is an American
Indian from a tribe in Montana. She is a lawyer and has been
working with the N.I.B. on issues related to a revision of the
Indian Act. I believe she is planning to return to the States
and I commend her to you very highly.
Warmest personal regards and best wishes to you in your very
difficult responsibilities.
Yours sincerely,
P.C. Mackie,
Assistant Deputy Minister
(Indian and Eskimo Affairs).
400 Laurier Ave. W.
400, O. ave. Laurier
CALD FORD LIBRAST
Ottawa K1A 0H4
Ottawa K1A 0H4