Indian Act

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The Indian Act is a Canadian federal law that has long governed and controlled many aspects of First Nations peoples’ lives, including their status, lands, and governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute ⓘ
colonial legislation ⓘ
administeredBy Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada ⓘ
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development ⓘ
Indigenous Services Canada ⓘ
affects band council authority ⓘ
collective land rights on reserves ⓘ
inheritance of status across generations ⓘ
amendedBy Bill C-3 (2011) ⓘ
Bill C-31 (1985) ⓘ
Bill S-3 (2017) ⓘ
appliesTo First Nations peoples in Canada ⓘ
linked to: First Nations
BillC31Effect removed many gender-based status discrimination rules ⓘ
restored status to many women and their children ⓘ
BillC3Effect addressed residual gender discrimination in status rules ⓘ
BillS3Effect further eliminated sex-based inequities in registration ⓘ
containsConcept Indian agent ⓘ
band ⓘ
non-status Indian ⓘ
reserve ⓘ
status Indian ⓘ
surrender of reserve lands ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
criticizedFor assimilationist policies ⓘ
control over cultural and spiritual practices ⓘ
gender discrimination in status rules ⓘ
paternalism ⓘ
undermining Indigenous self-government ⓘ
currentDebate repeal versus reform ⓘ
transition to Indigenous self-government agreements ⓘ
dateEnacted 1876-04-12 ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo Inuit ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
enactedInYear 1876 ⓘ
governs Indian moneys and trust funds ⓘ
Indian reserves ⓘ
band membership rules ⓘ
bylaw-making powers of band councils ⓘ
education provisions for status Indians ⓘ
elections for band councils ⓘ
legal definition of "Indian" in Canada ⓘ
management of reserve lands ⓘ
pass system historically used to control movement ⓘ
wills and estates of status Indians on reserve ⓘ
historicallyImposed Indian agents on reserves ⓘ
pass system for leaving reserves ⓘ
prohibition of traditional ceremonies ⓘ
residential school attendance requirements ⓘ
restrictions on political organizing ⓘ
historicallyProhibited First Nations from voting in federal elections without enfranchisement ⓘ
Potlatch ceremony ⓘ
Sun Dance ceremony ⓘ
linked to: Sun Dance

hiring lawyers to pursue land claims ⓘ
jurisdiction Parliament of Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalCitation R.S.C., 1985, c. I-5 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
policyGoalAtEnactment assimilation of First Nations into settler society ⓘ
primarySubject First Nations band governance ⓘ
Indian status ⓘ
reserve lands ⓘ
relatedTo Numbered Treaties ⓘ
Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ⓘ
revisedStatutesYear 1985 ⓘ

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First Nations → relatedTo → Indian Act ⓘ
Songhees Nation → recognizedUnder → Indian Act ⓘ
Numbered Treaties → relatedTo → Indian Act ⓘ
Aboriginal peoples of Canada → governedBy → Indian Act (for many First Nations people) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Penelakut Tribe → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities → governedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Tsawout First Nation → recognizedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Semiahmoo First Nation → governedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Woods Cree → governedUnder → Canadian Indian Act ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Piikani Nation → hasRightsUnder → Indian Act ⓘ
Siksika 146 Reserve, Alberta → isGovernedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Lytton First Nation → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Kanaka Bar Indian Band → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Llenlleney’ten (High Bar First Nation) → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Kainai Nation → recognizedUnder → Indian Act ⓘ
Atikamekw band councils → follows → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Moraviantown → governedUnder → Indian Act ⓘ
Six Nations Elected Council → legalBasis → Indian Act of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
K’ómoks First Nation → recognizedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Scia’new people → hasRightsUnder → Indian Act of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Beecher Bay 23 → governedUnder → Indian Act of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Stó꞉lō → affectedBy → Indian Act policies ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Beecher Bay 30 → governedUnder → Indian Act of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Beecher Bay 31 → isInLegalFramework → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Pauquachin First Nation → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Bill C-31 (1985) → amends → Indian Act ⓘ
Bill C-3 (2011) → subject → Indian Act ⓘ
Bill C-3 (2011) → modifies → Indian Act ⓘ
Bill S-3 (2017) → amends → Indian Act ⓘ
Homalco First Nation → governedUnder → Indian Act of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Indian Act band → legalBasis → Indian Act ⓘ
Indian Act band → subjectTo → Indian Act regulations ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Henvey Inlet First Nation → jurisdiction → federal Indian Act ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Katzie Indian Reserve No. 3 → recognizedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation → recognizedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Snuneymuxw people → governedUnder → Indian Act ⓘ
Moose Cree First Nation band council → legalFramework → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Tataskweyak Cree Nation → isGovernedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Lac Simon First Nation → subjectTo → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
First Nations in Ontario → hasLegalFramework → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Garden River 14 Reserve → governedUnder → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
Tahltan people → governedBy → Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act