Indian Status
…not have control over who gained or lost status. This power was retained by the federal government. While band membership frequently accompanies Indian status, it is possible to have Indian…
The Indian Act
…Back. Volume 1. Ottawa: the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1996. 235-308. Steckley, John L. and Bryan D. Cummins. “Chapter Twelve: The Royal Proclamation and the Indian Act.” Full Circle:…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…children only with other people with Indian status – in effect, a form of racial engineering.2 The logic of Indian status flows from thinking of Indigeneity (or ethnicity more broadly)…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…As such, legal ramifications occasionally became weapons used by community members who wrote to the Indian Agent, or directly to Ottawa, to complain about “sexual deviancy.” 1 3 This history…
Bill C-31
…mental or physical disability”. Section 15 motivated the Canadian government to address the discriminatory sections of the Indian Act, influenced by Lovelace vs. Canada. It wasn’t until April 17, 1985…
Reserves
…fall under the jurisdiction of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), as stipulated in the Indian Act. Fraser concluded that INAC lacks the capacity and resources and is generally unprepared…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…clan identifiers within their communities, but use the name of a band, nation, or larger cultural group (e.g., Musqueam Indian Band, Okanagan Nation, Anishinaabe), or these other more general terms…
The Residential School System (2009)
…the Indian Residential School. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998. First published by Tillicum Library, 1988. Manitoba. Public Inquiry into the Administration and Aboriginal People. “Aboriginal Women.” Vol. 1, chap. 13,…
The White Paper 1969
…be sold by the band or its members Transfer responsibility for Indian affairs from the federal government to the province and integrate these services into those provided to other Canadian…
The Residential School System
…Schools.” Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996. Erasmus, George. Notes on A History of the Indian Residential School System in Canada Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey. Stolen from our Embrace:…
