Essays Tagged: "Indian Act"
Native people in jail in Canada
, language and legal status and there are over six hundred recognized bands in the country. Status Indians are registered under the Indian Act and belong to a band that has signed a treaty or other f ... Act and belong to a band that has signed a treaty or other federal government document. Non-Status Indians identify themselves as Aboriginal but are not classified as so under the Indian Act. The Me ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Native people in jail in Canada
, language and legal status and there are over six hundred recognized bands in the country. Status Indians are registered under the Indian Act and belong to a band that has signed a treaty or other f ... Act and belong to a band that has signed a treaty or other federal government document. Non-Status Indians identify themselves as Aboriginal but are not classified as so under the Indian Act. The Me ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
"A. G. of Canada vs. Lavell - Isaac vs Bedard"
ntradictive values. Jeannette Vivian Corbiere Lavell and Yvonne Bedard, both born as North American Indians and acting as respondents, were summoned to present their cases to the Court. The claim was ... mmoned to present their cases to the Court. The claim was that:The provisions of s. 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. 1-6, are rendered 'inoperative' or 'not working' by s. 1(b) of the Canad ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Minorities in Canada.
people. In Canada, "racial minorities" refers to all non-white groups, the main ones being Canadian Indians, Blacks, and Japanese. The difference in their appearance is one reason they are excluded fr ... nada, and is also the basis for discriminatory practices by some individuals.Canada is the Canadian Indians' own country, for they were well settled here long before the arrival of Caucasian immigrant ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
The Indian Act and residential school
The Indian Act of 1876 and many of its amending statutes contained sections that were discriminatory tow ... d many of its amending statutes contained sections that were discriminatory towards Canadian Native Indians, and that legalized suppression of Indian customs and traditions. In this paper, I will exam ... how one section of the Act, the one relating to residential schools, contributed to the genocide of Indian culture.Ever since the first Europeans set foot on Canadian soil in the 15th century, they ha ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
A Chronology of Treaty Negotiations in Canada with emphasis in British Columbia
tween British Columbia and Canada states that the federal government will assume responsibility for Indians and British Columbia will retain authority over land and resources. Joseph Trutch is appoint ... ch is appointed as the province's first Lieutenant Governor (Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs).1876 - Indian Act is established. The Act focused on three main areas: Land, Membership, and Local Governme ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Not a bit surprised - an essay re: neglect of canadian aboriginals by the canadian government.
ent, a representative of this countrycould have been total oblivious to the difference between East Indian peoplesand Canada's own first nations people; mistake or not. What does this actionsay to the ... has been heightened by my own personalstruggles with the great need for amendment that plagues the Indian act;in particular, bill C-31 which has prevented me from being recognized as a"Status Indian" ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Negative sides of the 20s prosperity
stole their culture, language, and children. The consistent mistreatment led to the creation of the Indian Act that was passed by the Canadian government in 1876. The Indian Act was aimed for consiste ... Ryerson par.1). Not only did this event humiliate the Aboriginal people, the main principle of the Indian Act forced a barrier to their social rights. During the 1920s, a few thousand Indians who wer ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Negative sides of the 20s prosperity
stole their culture, language, and children. The consistent mistreatment led to the creation of the Indian Act passed by the government of Canada in 1876. "The Indian Act was aimed for consistent assi ... Ryerson par.1). Not only did this event humiliate the Aboriginal people, the whole principle of the Indian Act forced a barrier to their social rights. During the 1920s, a few thousand Indians who wer ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Aboriginal Land Claims Law ISP
al peoples of their country and their descendents. In Canada, they are separated into three groups: Indians, Inuit, and Metis. There is an aboriginal title given to these three groups, and it is based ... ng use and occupancy of the land as descendents of the original inhabitants of Canada. In 1876, the Indian Act was passed in the Canadian government, (The Battle for Aboriginal Treaty Rights) which se ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Response paper: "The Implications of the Lavell Case"
m. The other subjective is self-definition and cultural affiliations (Martin - Hill, 2006).To be an Indian in Canada is not just a cultural identity but also a legal category. The Canadian State, rath ... legal category. The Canadian State, rather than aboriginal communities themselves, has, through the Indian Act of Canada, historically legislated who is an Indian. One of the most glaring examples of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History
Discrimination in Canada in the 1920s
n society and it was at this time that their unique way of living was most suppressed. In 1876, the Indian Act had encouraged the gradual disappearance of Indians as Indians and promoted their assimil ... of Indians as Indians and promoted their assimilation into Canadian society. This act had made all Indians "wards of the state" and left them with little control of their own affairs. The 1920s was t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History
Indian Women
Indian Women, Discrimination, and Their Struggle for Status Indian women, and women in general for t ... in general for that matter, have been no strangers to discrimination. Since the nineteenth century, Indian women who have married outside of their race have suffered from a form of discrimination, whi ... outside of their race have suffered from a form of discrimination, which was shared by neither male Indians nor other female Canadians. Until the introduction of Bill C-31 in 1985, Indian women automa ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Bill-c-31
Sexual Equality and Indian Government: An analysis of Bill C-31 Amendments to the Indian Act By Joyce Green This article ... Green This article deals with Bill C-31, what it stands for and how it has affected change for the Indians. Before Bill C-31 was passed if you were a status Indian women and married a non-status Indi ... lost your status and if you were a white women who married a status man, you received status. Also, Indians could be enfranchised, meaning they could sign their rights away. They usually did this for ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Illegitimate Indian Act
� The Illegitimate Indian ActI Introduction:The major intent of 1876 Indian Act was to allow the federal government to ... f 1876 Indian Act was to allow the federal government to exercise its constitutional authority over Indians and their land; however, it also has been used as a tool to oppress the Indian people. Despi ... to the Act, it still falls short in protecting and serving native Canadians. The classification of "Indian" and the special rights and privileges that the Act provides undermines the principle of equa ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History
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and ethically extracts artifacts with respect being paid to both the anthropological community and Indian cultural customs. The ideals and standards of her study with respect to Native American cultu ... 990, U.S. law addresses not only human remains (also covered in the National Museum of the American Indian Act of 1989, which focuses on the return of remains housed at the Smithsonian Institution) bu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
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and ethically extracts artifacts with respect being paid to both the anthropological community and Indian cultural customs. The ideals and standards of her study with respect to Native American cultu ... 990, U.S. law addresses not only human remains (also covered in the National Museum of the American Indian Act of 1989, which focuses on the return of remains housed at the Smithsonian Institution) bu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
Alienation of aboriginal people, James Bay project
According to Brooks and Miljan, in 1876, the Indian Act was passed in the Canadian government, which set out certain federal government obligatio ... n government, which set out certain federal government obligations, and regulated the management of Indian land reserves and this act was amended several times, most recently in 1985, Section 35 of th ... s, including hydro, forestry, mining and tourism and in the fall of 1972, the Quebec Association of Indians applied to the Quebec Superior Court for an injunction to stop all construction in the James ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Conceptions of Canada as a Peaceful Nation
and Tator (2006) examine how race is materialized through sex, in determining who counts as 'real' Indians. Through the Indian Act, "status Indians" are the only category of indigenous people that th ... ion of reserves, which were designed to reinforce the land rights of white settlers by restricting 'Indians' to specific territories. However, the question of who counted as an 'Indian' still needed t ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
What Role Did Women Play In The Decade Of 1920?
nd important events occurred during that time, for example Canada joined the League of Nations; The Indian Act was amended to give Canadian aboriginal peoples the right to vote; The Ottawa Senators wo ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History