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The Residential Schools Apology
On Wednesday June 11, 2008, the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, made a Statement of Apology to former students of...
Indian Act (3)
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Indian Act and Elected Chief and Band Council System
The first thing to know about the Indian Act electoral process is that if you are chief or council, you are elected by your people, but you are...
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Indian Act and the Pass System
No rebel Indians should be allowed off the Reserves without a pass signed by an I.D. official. The dangers of complications with white men will thus...
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Indian Act and the Permit System
This article is part of our series on the Indian Act and the many restrictions historically imposed on First Nations as a means of controlling them...
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21 Things® You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act
The great aim of our legislation has been to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other...
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Matrimonial Real Property Act
How long do you think First Nations have been fighting against the inequitable treatment of First Nation women by federal government laws and...
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Status Indians and Taxes
It’s tax time and that means tax pain, as the television commercials say. Tax time is also the time of year that one hears the common myth that...
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The Indian Act Naming Policies
The federal government’s Indian Act policies for Indians or First Nation(s) people during the nineteenth century were primarily concerned with...
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Potlatch Ban: Abolishment of First Nations Ceremonies
When the British North America (BNA) Act was passed in 1867, Canada became a country but remained a colony of the British Empire. The BNA Act...
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Indian Act and the Right to Vote
The right to vote, which most Canadians take for granted, was a hard-fought battle for Indigenous Peoples. In most parts of Canada, First Nations...