"Being Alive Well": Health and the Politics of Cree Well-being
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Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Bill introduced to comply with Court's decision in Descheneaux et al., v. Canada (Attorney General), which found current <i>Indian Act</i> violated equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Court case involved eligibility for Indian Status.
Comments on the proposed Act rather than the final version.
Discusses the controversy over whether the British general deliberately distributed blankets infected with smallpox as a method of decimating the population of Delaware, Shawnee, and Mingo Indians surrounding Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War.