Bill C-31
…conferred. Band membership Under social pressure to grant greater self-government to Aboriginal peoples, the 1985 Indian Act was amended to included revisions that formally separated Indian status from band membership,…
Indian Status
…band council and chief, and inherit band property. In 1985, an amendment to the Indian Act separated Indian status from band membership. Bands were granted the right to develop their…
Aboriginal Title
…the continued existence Aboriginal title. The Supreme Court ruled that Aboriginal title had existed, but were divided on whether or not it continued to exist. Determining the potential continued existence…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…band or vice versa, though a band member without Indian status would not be entitled to access resources set aside for status Indians. And as already discussed, it also introduced…
The Indian Act
…Act also severely restricted the governing powers of band councils, regulated alcohol consumption and determined who would be eligible for band and treaty benefits. It also marks the beginning of…
Sixties Scoop
…What they believed constituted proper care was generally based on middle-class Euro-Canadian values. For example, when social workers entered the homes of families subsisting on a traditional Aboriginal diet of…
Oral Traditions
…been increasingly recognized in academia as a valuable contribution to the historical record. Interviews were and are recorded, transcribed, reread, and analyzed. Yet oral historian Alessandro Portelli cautions that the…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…became the mutually accepted term. In the Constitution, “Aboriginal” is used to include three groups previously defined by earlier categories: “Indian,” “Inuit,” and “Métis.” Each of these three predecessor terms…
Bands
…to the Indian Act, a band may have one elected chief and one elected councilor for every 100 band members, with a minimum of two councilors required per band. Band…
Métis
…as treasonable and wanted him executed. Riel fled to the United States. Despite these setbacks, the Métis provisional government won federal approval of the Manitoba Act, which took effect in…