Intro to indian act
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The Indian Act and other laws imposed on Indigenous peoples in Canada were created by the colonial government without Indigenous consultation and still discriminate based on race today. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 claimed sovereignty over Indigenous lands while the British North America Act and subsequent laws restricted Indigenous rights to vote, sell land, leave reserves, and more. The Indian Act conceptualized Indigenous land as Crown land controlled by the government and sought to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Canadian society through enfranchisement. While amended over time, the Indian Act remains the only race-based law in Canada.
Intro to indian act
- 1. The Indian Act And other laws written by white people for red people
- 2. These laws only apply to first nations, Metis and Inuit people
- 3. native canadians were not consulted still stand today as law in this country
- 4. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 Made in England by the king
- 5. Deals with all native populations in North America Proclamation says that all lands were to be held in reserve for natives
- 6. Also says natives could only give their land to the crown
- 8. Did the king recognize that land rights already existed Or did he give those rights to natives, which he could then take away
- 9. The British North America Act Canada becomes a country
- 10. one very important line in the act the federal government has the responsibility to deal with indians
- 11. One of the first things they did was pass the Enfranchisement Act ...So indians couldn't vote, but if you became white you could
- 12. One of the first things they did was pass the Enfranchisement Act ...and native women lost the right to vote on band matters
- 13. This was a big problem for the Iroquois Women there had great powers on council, they elected chiefs
- 14. The Indian Act or rather
- 15. The Indian Acts Of 1876 and 1951
- 16. One of the main concepts of the act was Native land was actually Crown land
- 17. The crown was looking after it for the natives And by crown, they meant the government
- 18. And by government, they meant white people Which restricted the sovereignty of natives
- 19. And by restricted we mean it was illegal for natives to: • buy alcohol • vote • sell their land • leave the reserve without permission • or hire lawyers to fight the laws
- 20. The government sought to make natives like other Canadians the If you served in army ... you became white
- 21. The government sought to make natives like other Canadians If you went to university you became white
- 22. The government sought to make natives like other If you were a Canadians woman and married a white man you became white
- 23. The law has been amended many times most recently in 1986
- 24. It is the only law in Canada that discriminates based on race
- 25. And yet ... natives don't want to get rid of it yet
- 26. because ... it guarantees land