Membership
Aboriginal Cultural Connections: A Child Protection Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Child Protection Services
Department of Community Services and Senior
Prince Edward Island's First Nations
Description
Resource guide includes information on: Aboriginal Communities and Services, Spirituality, Aboriginal Culture, Cultural Beliefs and Practices, Mi'kmaq Language, Mi'kmaq History and Band Governance and Identity.
Aboriginal Women and Bill-C31: An Issue Paper
Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Women's Summit, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Purpose of act was to eliminate sexual discrimination within the Indian Act and make it congruent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Came about because of United Nations Human Rights Commission's ruling that First Nations women were being discriminated against due to loss of status through marriage to non-First Nations men.
Aboriginal Women's Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 1994
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Child Welfare: Solutions to the Crisis
Aboriginal Women and Self-Government
Native Women and the Charlottetown Accord Proposal to Protect Individual Gender Rights in Aboriginal Self-Governments
The Contribution of the Child Welfare System to the Deterioration of Aboriginal Culture and the Need for Aboriginal Control
The Indian Act as Patriarchal Control of Women
Why the Anunga Rules From Australia Ought to be Adopted Into Canada's Criminal Justice System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradley W. Enge
Tracey Renee Fleck
Marcie J. Gray
Lauren Sasaki
Sharon D. McIvor
Susan G. Drummond
no. 1
Description
Only issue published.
An Abridgement of Constitutional Rights?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harold G. Begay
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 3, May 1979, pp. [1-4]
Description
Compares education policies and practises with some related federal legislation and court opinions on citizenship status and Constitutional rights.
An Act for Conferring Certain Privileges on the More Advanced Bands of Indians in Canada (April 19, 1884)
Alternate Title
Chap. 28. An Act for Conferring Certain Privileges on the More Advanced Bands of Indians in Canada, With the View of Training Them for the Exercise of Municipal Powers. [Assented to 19th April, 1884.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Chapter 28 amendments regard issues surrounding Band Councils. Scroll down through Chapter 27 to display Chapter 28.
An Act for the Gradual Enfranchisement of Indians, the Better Management of Indian Affairs, and to Extend
the Provisions of the Act 31st Victoria, Chapter 42.[Assented to 22nd June, 1869.]
Alternate Title
CAP VI: An Act for the Gradual Enfranchisement of Indians, the Better Management of Indian Affairs, and to Extend the Provisions of the Act 31st Victoria, Chapter 42 [Assented to 22nd June, 1869.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Act discusses the lawful possession of lands, proceedings used to eject people not in lawful possession, penalty for persons selling liquors, and much more. The Act has 24 sections in total.
An Act Respecting Indians. [Assented to 20th May, 1951.]
Alternate Title
15 George VI. Chap. 29. An Act Respecting Indians. [Assented to 20th May, 1951.]
Indian Act. 1951, c. 29, s. 1.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Changes to the Act abandoned the contempt of "Indian blood" and instead used a system of registration. The prohibitions against certain practices, ceremonies, and wearing traditional clothing were removed. A decison was also made that if a matter was not in the Indian Act provincial law would then apply.
An Act to amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 13th August, 1958.]
Alternate Title
7 Elizabeth II. Chap. 19. An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 13th August, 1958.]
National Aboriginal Document Database
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Lists the small additional changes to section 12 of the Act that pertain to those persons not entitled to be registered.
An Act to amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 31st March, 1960.]
Alternate Title
8 - 9 Elizabeth II. Chap. 8. An Act to Amend the Indian Act [Assented to 31st March, 1960.]
National Aboriginal Document Database
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Amendment to repeal subsection (2) of section 86 which allows people to vote without having to give up Indian status.
An Act to amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 9th March, 1961.]
Alternate Title
9 - 10 Elizabeth II. Chap. 9. An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 9th March, 1961.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Compulsary enfranchisement provisions were removed and no one could be forced to give up Indian status.
An Act to amend “The Indian Act.” [Assented to June 23, 1887]
Alternate Title
An Act to Amend “The Indian Act.” S.C. 1887, c. 33 (50-51Vict.) [Assented to 23rd June, 1887.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Contains material on band membership inquiries by the Superintendent General, logging on reserve land, stopping of a payment of an annuity and interest money to any woman who lives immorally (section 73), intoxication and prostitution.
An Act to amend the Indian Act S. C. 1919-20, c. 50. (10-11 Geo. V.) [Assented to 1st July 1920.]
Alternate Title
10 - 11 George V. Chap. 50 An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 1st July 1920.]
An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 1st July 1920.]
National Aboriginal Document Database
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Amendments deal with schooling, loss of status should a woman marry a non-Aboriginal or non-treaty man, and with requests for enfranchisement.
Addressing First Nations Governance Issues through Incremental Reform: Briefing Presentation - Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Although Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has made progress in areas regarding empowerment, education, economic development, specific land claims, and reconciliation, governance and self-government, the issues of leadership selection, Indian Government Support programs, and registration and membership are issues the government intends to work on incrementally in 2008-09.
Adverse Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality According to Registered First Nations Status and First Nations Community Residence across Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabriel D. Shapiro
Amanda J. Sheppard
Tracey Bushnik
Michael S. Kramer
Angela Mashford-Pringle ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 692-699
Description
Used data from the 2006 Canadian Birth-Census Cohort for 13,506 pregnant First Nations women; found disparities in birth outcomes for those women living on compared to off reserve, and between those with status compared to those without.
Advisory Bodies and First Nation Property Taxation: Experiences and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
T. J. Raybould
Description
Paper explores, analyzes and compares a representative sample of the mechanisms in place to provide ratepayer input into taxation systems where those ratepayers do not form part of the electorate for the governing councils.
Afterword: International Dimensions of the Citizen Issue for Indigenous Peoples/Nations
Alternate Title
Afterword International Dimensions of the Citizen Issue for Indigenous Peoples / Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Citizenship Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 497-512
Description
Argues that the citizenship issue cannot be understood without the reference to global trends and the history of the Indigenous state.
American Indian and Alaska Native Genetics Research Resource Guide: Tools for Tribal Leaders and Citizens
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
[LeManuel Lee Bitsoi
Jessica Bardill
Lynne T. Bemis
Linda Burhansstipanov ... [et al.]
Description
Sections include: frequently asked questions, summary tools, basics of genetics, decisions about research, case studies, regulating research, and use of DNA for purposes of determining tribal enrollment.
An Assessment of the Population Impacts of Select
Hypothetical Amendments to Section 6 of the Indian Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Description
Estimates of the baseline (2016) and projected longer-term impacts on the population entitled to Indian registration associated with amendments that would remove the "1951 cut-off" and "second generation cut-off" provisions in the 2010 Indian Act. These estimates are a result of the Descheneaux decision and the proposed amendments contained in Bill S-3.
Background Paper: Bill C-31 Equality or Disparity?: The Effects of the New Indian Act on Native Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Holmes
Description
Discusses amendments to the Act involving reinstatement of status that had been lost due to gender discrimination in the previous Act, the issue of transmission of status to children, difficulties in producing documentation, and band membership vs. status.
[Backgrounder: Supreme Court of Canada Decision: Corbiere]
Alternate Title
[Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Corbiere Decision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Court's ruling dealt specifically with voting rights of off-reserve band members.
Scroll down to read article.
'A Better Citizen Than Lots of White Men': First Nations Enfranchisement – an Ontario Case Study, 1918–1940
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Jarvis Brownlie
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
Beyond Blood Quantum: Exploring the Origins & Implications of Imposed Indigenous Identification Policies to Reclaim Tribal Citizenship & Rebuild Native Nationhood
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erika Eva Chase
Description
Attempts to decolonize Indigenous citizenship to more relevant and timely conceptions.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (B.A.)--Stanford University, 2010.
Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Bill C-31
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Communications Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)]
Description
Brief information sheet deals with amendments to the Indian Act which were meant to remove discriminatory rules which had denied women status, restore status and membership rights, and increase band's control over their own affairs.
Bill C-31 - An Act To Amend the Indian Act: Notes Toward a Qualitative Analysis of Legislated Injustices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin John Cannon
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 373-387
Description
Focuses on the impact of the legislation in the areas of: residency by-laws, intermarriage and the negotiation of identities.
Bill C - 31. - [ca. 1985?].
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains Barron's typed notes: Background Notes Bill C-31: An Act to Amend the Indian Act. An excellent overview of the act and the people in the First Nations community who were affected by it. It also has statistics, dates and the specific laws changed by the Bill.
Bill C-31: Unity for Our Grandchildren
Alternate Title
1st National Conference on Bill C-31
First National Conference on Bill-31
NWAC Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Proceedings of conference that looked at the impact of the legislation. Main issues discussed were divisiveness resulting from adoption of band membership codes which block women from returning to their home communities and two-tiered system which produces loss of status due to the "second generation cutoff" rule.
Bill S-3 - Indian Act Amendments (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Bar Association
Aboriginal Law Section
Description
Bill came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's decision in Descheneaux v. Canada which found The Indian Act still discriminated against women and their offspring with respect to Indian status.
This document: Presentation on the Quebec Superior Court Judgment in the Case of Descheneaux and Yantha v.
"By My Heart": Gerald Vizenor's Almost Ashore and Bear Island: The War at Sugar Point
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Molly S. McGlennen
Transmotion, vol. 1, no. 2, November 20, 2015, pp. 1-25
Description
Author uses the frameworks created in Vizenor’s two 2006 poetry collections to discuss Anishinaabe concepts of belonging and citizenship separate from colonial discourses and dichotomies.
Canada's Indians: Norms of Responsible Self-Government Under Federalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon McInnes
Perry Billingsley
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 35, no. 2, Summer, 1992, pp. [215]-236
Description
Study examined ten cases of existing self-goverment, and ten proposals under negotiation as of April 1991. Using measures of accountability in the fields of enacting laws, leadership selection, land, resources and financial management, and band membership, study found that structures for responsible government are in place.
Canadian Aboriginal Law in 2018: Essays & Case Summaries
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Dunne
Bruce McIvor
Description
Overview of significant decisions in the areas of: Aboriginal rights and title, costs, division of powers, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, Honour of the Crown, Indian Act Registration, infringement, specific claims, treaties, etc.
Canaries in the Mines of Citizenship: Indian Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 715-739
Description
Explores the concept of citizenship in relation to women and discusses problems of sexist and racist policies that impair the capacity of women for full citizenship in both the colonial state and First Nations.
CAP - On Canada's Indian Act
Alternate Title
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's Indian Act
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Talk by Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's paternalistic Indian Act. (About 5 minutes.)