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The Indian ActFirst Nations 12
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Learning Goal
Analyze the Impact of the Indian Act on the First Nations
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Canada Takes Control (1871) The Department of
Indian Affairs (DIA) was created to “look after” First Nations
No other ethnic group was targeted in this way
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The Indian Act This act gave legal power to the Canadian
government to control the lives of First Nations
The Indian Act refers to First Nations people as “Indians” to this day..
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Indian Act: Status Indians The Indian Act determined who qualified as
a Status Indian Status Indians are considered “wards” of
the Canadian government The term “ward” is often used to describe
children than need adult care.
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Indian Act: Loss of Status
The following actions resulted in a loss of status..
marrying a man who was not a Status Indian
enfranchisement (until 1960, an Indian could vote in federal elections only by renouncing Indian status)
having a mother and paternal grandmother who did not have status before marriage (these people lost status at 21)
being born out of wedlock of a mother with status and a father without.
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Indian Act – Indians as people? Under the I.A. Status Indians were not
considered “people” under the laws of Canada
This denied them certain rights..
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Indian Act – Alcohol Use Under the IA Status
Indians were forbidden to own or consume alcohol
It was forbidden to sell alcohol to Status Indians
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Indian Act: Voting Since Status Indians were not “people” they
could not vote in Canadian elections. If they gave up status they could vote..
Will Canadian politicians be concerned about First Nations issues?
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Indian Act: Political Interference The I.A. ignored traditional First Nations
forms of government (Hereditary) It imposed the Euro-Canadian town council
on First Nations Band councils and chiefs would be elected,
just like a mayor..
Assimilation
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Indian Act: Reserves Once the I.A. was passed, Status Indians
were not permitted to own land They were “wards” of the State (Canada)
Nanaimo, Indian Reserve #1
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Indian Act: Reserves First Nations were removed from their
traditional territories and forced to live on “reserve” lands
Indian Reserves were usually small pieces of land, and were meant to be temporary.
Most reserve land was poor quality land, unsuitable for farming.
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Indian Act: Potlatch Ban 1884 – Indian Act banned the Potlatch,
attacking the culture of the Northwest Coast
Dance Regalia seized in 1921 at Alert Bay
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Indian Act: Residential Schools The Indian Act of 1876 gave further
responsibility to the federal government for Native education.
The result was the residential school system, a cooperation between Church and State to assimilate First Nations children.
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Indian Act: Amendments 1914: Amended to require western Indians
to seek official permission before appearing in "aboriginal costume" in any "dance, show, exhibition, stampede or pageant."
Official Permission! Is this Canada?
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Indian Act: Amendments 1930: Amended to prevent a pool hall
owner from allowing entrance to an Indian who "by inordinate frequenting of a pool room either on or off an Indian reserve misspends or wastes his time
Huh?
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Indian Act: Amendments 1927: Amended to prevent anyone
(aboriginal or otherwise) from soliciting funds for Indian legal claims without a special license from the Superintendent-General.
This effectively prevented any First Nation from pursuing aboriginal land claims.
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Indian Act: Amendments 1905: Amended to allow aboriginal people
to be removed from reserves near towns with more than 8,000 residents
Yes, this happened in Canada!
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The Impact of the Indian Act Choose five ways the Indian Act affected
the First Nations of Canada. Explain how each of these changes would be harmful to the culture of the First Nations people.
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Status Indians: Tax Exemption In general, Aboriginal people in Canada are
required to pay taxes on the same basis as other people in Canada (GST & PST)
except where the limited exemption under Section 87 of the Indian Act applies. Section 87 says that the "personal property of an Indian or a band situated on a reserve" is tax exempt.
The Indian Act prevents non-Aboriginal governments from taxing the property of Status Indians on a reserve
Is this benefit worth all that was lost?