INDIAN ACT

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INDIAN ACT

When did it become law

What is it

Law that gives the canadaian goverment power to make decisions about Indigenous people and thier lands

Laws

Laws can be difficult to change but they can change

MUST be critiqued and challengel if they benefit some while oppressing others

can be racist and discriminatory

are necessary for protecting individual right and freedoms

are needed to help run an orderly socitey

are powerful rules with consequces that are enforced by the court system

Subtopic

What impacts did it have

Indigenous people could not vote without giving up thier "Indian status" had to because a canadian citizen

Indigenous ways of goverment were not allowed the canadian legal system made all decisions

defined who could be considered 'Indian'

creater reserves for indigenous people live on

Why was created

to do away with indigenous ways ot knowing of by assimilating them into euro - canadian culture .