Elizabeth Rose Charlie (May 9, 1930 – March 4, 2018) was a Sts'Ailes chief and Indigenous leader.
Elizabeth Rose Charlie was born on the Chehalis reserve but moved with her family to Bainbridge Island in Washington state when she was 11 years old.
[1] Charlie became a member of the first Indian Homemakers Club in BC started in 1950 in Chehalis, and she later served as president of the Vancouver chapter.
[2] In opposition to the 1969 White Paper, Charlie and the IHA organized two "moccasin walks", culminating in a large gathering of chiefs, which helped lead to the foundation of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs in November 1969.
Her work, with other women activists like Mary Two-Axe Early, led to Bill C-31, which amended the Indian act in June 1985.