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Indian Act. 1 - Short Title. 2 - Interpretation. 3 - Administration. 4 - Application of Act. 5 - Definition and Registration of Indians. 5 - Indian Register. 8 - Band Lists. 14 - Notice of Band Lists. 14.1 - Inquiries. 14.2 - Protests. 15 - Payments in Respect of Persons Ceasing To Be Band Members. 17 - New Bands. 18 - Reserves.
- Indian Act
Application of Act. Marginal note: Application of Act 4 (1)...
- Band Lists
Marginal note: Entitlement with consent of band 12...
- Indian Act
- Historical Context: Before The Indian Act, 1763–1876
- The Indian Act Comes to Power, 1876
- A Revised Indian Act in 1951
- Demanding Change to The Indian Act, 1960s and 1970s
- Bill C-31: 1985 Amendments to The Indian Act
- Governance and The Indian Act, 1960s to 2000s
- Amendments to The Indian Act in 2011 and 2017
- Proposed Reforms
- Debate: to Keep Or Eradicate The Indian Act?
- Legacy and Significance
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 laid down the basis for how colonial administration would interact with First Nations peoples in the centuries that followed. The Proclamation guaranteed certain rightsand protections for First Nations peoples, and established the process by which the government could acquire their lands. Further policies were passed ...
In 1867, the Constitution Act assigned legislative jurisdiction to Parliament over"Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians." Nearly 10 years later, in 1876, the Gradual Civilization Act and the Gradual Enfranchisement Act became part of the Indian Act. Through the Department of Indian Affairs and its Indian agents, the Indian Act gave the gover...
The period immediately following the Second World War involved much societal introspection in Canada, and led to a reconsideration of some of the more restrictive and oppressive measures imposed by the Indian Act. A series of proposed reforms were rejected or opposed by First Nations peoples because they were not involved in the process. As a resul...
The 1951 Indian Act did not alter the process of enfranchisement for Indigenous peoples, nor did it allow for the right to vote. However, in early 1958, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s government began drafting the Canadian Bill of Rights. With the Bill of Rights’ emphasis on equal rights for all Canadians, Indigenous peoples could hardly be deni...
In 1985, responding to growing national and international concern over the lack of equality in the Indian Act, the government passed Bill C-31. The bill fully removed all remaining enfranchisement clauses. Additionally, those who had lost status through marriage were reinstated as Status Indians and as bandmembers. Their children gained status, but...
The Indian Act, 1876, dismantled traditional systems of governance and imposed external controls — in the form of local Indian agents and the federal bureaucracy of the Department of Indian Affairs on individuals and communities. Not until the late 1960s and early 1970s did increasingly effective political organizations and intensifying activism se...
Despite various amendments, the Indian Act still discriminated against women and their descendants, with regards to status rights. In 2011, Parliament passed the Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act, also known as Bill C-3. This was federal government’s response to the McIvor case, which was about gender discrimination in section 6 of the 1985 ...
In 2010, the federal government announced its intent to work with Indigenous peoples to get rid parts of the Indian Act that give the authority to create residential schoolsand take children away from their homes. Bill S-2, the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, addresses a legislative gap in the Indian Act. It aims t...
While some Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples call for the abolition of the Act, others fear that its removal would erode certain protections, such as those on Indian Status. As scholar David Newhouse explains, “[The Indian Act] provides the structure for local community governance and community life. Reforming the Act in one fell swoop, or repe...
Though it has been amended several times over the years, the contemporary version of the Indian Act still outlines the terms of Indian Status, various rules around reserves, financial guardianship of minors and the mentally incompetent, management of bandresources, elections, and other aspects of life on a reserve. The Indian Act has had ongoing an...
The Indian Act (French: Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves.
The Indian Act is the main federal law that governs the lives of status Indians in Canada. It defines who is an Indian, regulates band membership and government, and has been the subject of various reforms and negotiations with First Nations.
Learn about the history and impact of the Indian Act, the federal law that regulates Indian status, First Nations governments and reserve land in Canada. The Act, which came into force in 1876, has been amended many times but still has negative effects on Indigenous peoples.
Feb 10, 2020 · The Indian Act is a law that regulates the rights and status of First Nations people in Canada. It was created in 1876 and has been revised several times, often to force assimilation and control over Indigenous culture and land.
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The Indian Act is a colonial legislation that regulates and administers the status, bands, and reserves of registered Indians in Canada. It has a history of oppression and resistance, and has been amended several times since 1876.
