INDIAN ACT

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

creater reserves for indigenous people live on

defined who could be considered 'Indian'

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

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

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

Laws

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

are needed to help run an orderly socitey

are necessary for protecting individual right and freedoms

can be racist and discriminatory

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

Laws can be difficult to change but they can change

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