Indian Act

Laid out in two columns: text of Act in one, interpretations in the other.

Provides an overview of legislative acts starting with the British North American Act.

In interview, author of 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act discusses each of the 21 points. Duration: 25:00.

Includes early legislative foundations, assimilation tendencies, and the many amendments to the Act.

Field test draft.

Argues that Canadian Federal policy, via the Indian Act has failed to keep obligations that were made during treaty negotiations.

Explains why the present Indian Act is being changed.

Examines new mandate given to Bob DeBassige, coordinator for the Indian Act revision at the National Indian Brotherhood.

Short history of Indian and Treaty rights starting with the Royal Proclamation of 1763.

Brief timeline of significant amendments to the Act.

Looks into the Indian Act and calls for an immediate amendment of the status provisions.

Intent of document is to make the Act easier to read and understand for Aboriginal adults.

Examines the Indian Act in light of the Canadian Bill of Rights, the access to status by a non-Aboriginal woman when marrying a status Aboriginal man, and the old section 12(1)(b) about permitting the protest of status on the illegitimate child of a status woman.

Discusses shared past and relationship with Canada and explains the Indian Act. Duration: 27:32.

"2nd edition".

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Contemporary Indian Legislation, 1951-1978

File containing series of newspaper articles regarding the Indian Act and revisions thereof, issues regarding reserve land, anger among the Six Nations, research into indigenous living conditions and discrimination, control of mineral rights, integration into the public school system and society at large, the "Indian Council of Canada", the Indian Claims Commission, community development, the National Indian Council of Canada, Indigenous press,law enforcement on reserves, citizenship rights and treaty rights, band mergers, the Inuit, education, services (and provincial control thereof) represe

File containing notes and correspondence regarding self-government, citizenship, civil rights and the Indian Act (and amendments to). Includes correspondence from E. D. Fulton discussing the feasibility of Indians electing their own MPs; correspondence to Diefenbaker from J. B. Tootoosis regarding the appointment of an Aboriginal to the Senate; correspondence from Andre Renaud supporting Diefenbaker's call for a Royal Commission on Indian affairs. Notes on Hansard.

Historical overview of the destructive policies of Hayter Reed, who spent much of his career in Indian Affairs was deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1893-1897.

Examines Noel Dyck's view of Indian Agents as people who uncritically reproduced the Institutions definition of the 'Indian problem' and looks at responses to a 1946 questionnaire for insight into Indian agents' views.

Folder includes a report entitled "Memorial on Indian Affairs" relating to the establishment of a Royal Commission on Indian Affairs and which speaks on various issues relating to improving the indigenous standard of living, and correspondence relating to enfranchisement.

Reports include the Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry and responses from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Report and responses for: Sturgeon Lake First Nation Inquiry, Red Deer Holdings Agricultural Lease Claim; Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry, Chippewas of Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Collins Treaty Claim; Friends of the Michel Society Inquiry, 1958 Enfranchisement Claim; and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennet Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 Claim. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P. E. James Prentice, Roger J. Augustine, and Carole T. Corcoran.

Report includes background documents, articles, comments and responses regarding the following cases: Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, Flooding Negotiations (Mediation); Peepeekisis First Nation Inquiry, Fire Hills Colony Claim; Moosomin First Nation ,1909 Reserve Land Surrender (Mediation); Thunderchild First Nation, 1908 Surrender Claim (Mediation); and the Betsiamites Band, Highway 138 and Rivière Betsiamites Bridge Inquires. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Jane Dickson-Gilmore, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.

Book review of: Indian Country by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1988.

Book review of: Indian Education in Canada edited by Jean Barman, Yvonne Hebert, Don McCaskill.

Supports a grassroots approach to self-government rather than federally imposed rules of governance.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

An address by Arthur Laing, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, acknowledging problems with the current Indian Act and proposing a new Indian Act.

This speech discusses the Aboriginal reaction to the Federal government's 'White Paper', released in June 1969. Chretien stresses that Canadian society "must break down the barriers of misunderstanding and discrimination" for Aboriginal people to be accepted in Canadian society.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.