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arabera Raghav Brala 1 year ago

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INDIAN ACT

The Indian Act is a piece of legislation that grants the Canadian government the authority to make decisions regarding Indigenous people and their lands. It was originally created to assimilate Indigenous peoples into Euro-Canadian culture, effectively erasing their traditional ways of knowing and living.

INDIAN  ACT

INDIAN ACT

When did it become law

What is it

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 .