Legislation

The Indian Act extended speaking dispute power to government to regulate and control the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada. It was, and still is a piece of social legislation of very broad scope which regulates and controls virtually every aspect of Native Life. The act was administered directly in Aboriginal committees by the Indian agent. These social control aspects of the Indian Act placed Indians in the position of a colonized people. As Harold Cardinal asserted "Instead of implementing the treaties and offering much needed protection to Indian rights the Indian Act subjugated to colonial rule the very people whose rights if was supposed to protect". [|The Indian Act]

The Federal Government website to Historic Treaties signed between the Crown and the First Nations starting in1871. [|Historic Treaties]

Amendment to the Indian Act Bill C-31 granting status to First Nations Women [|Bill C-31]

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 also known as the Indian Magna Carta recognized First Nations title to the land. [|Royal Proclamation]

Article from October 2012 - Winnipeg Free Press Everybody Agrees Indian Act Must Go