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A 6 page research paper that discusses the history of the Canadian Indian Act and then focuses on the negative affect that this legislation has had on the First Nations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the mainstream economy and culture (Frideres). In so doing, the Indian Act gave the government virtual control over how the designated tribes lived and interacted with non-Indians (Frideres). By 1876,
there were so many different laws relating to aboriginal peoples that the Canadian Parliament consolidated them into one piece of legislation, the Indian Act (Frideres). The Act defined what it
meant to be officially an "Indian" (Frideres). The criteria for "Indian stats" was the individuals lifestyle and heritage, as well as membership in a tribe that had been granted
a reserve, government funds or had negotiated a treaty with the government (Frideres). Therefore, aboriginal groups such as the Inuit or the Metis were not included in the original Indian
Act (Frideres). The Indian Act established authority over aboriginal people by making them "wards of the Crown," which established a "relationship of dependency," while deny Indian the benefits of full
citizenship (Monture 18). However, protecting the interests of these wards of the state has never been the principal purpose of the Act (Monture 18). The main purpose of the Indian
Act was to assimilate Indians into white society. While the Act was frequently amended, each amendment was designed to provide more efficient "methods of assimilating Indians to the white society"
(Okanagan Indian Band). While it can legitimately be argued that the concept of Indian status was originally intended to "separate those who were entitled to reside on Indian lands
and use their resources form those who were forbidden to do so," having Indian status soon came to have other implications (Henderson). Based on Indian status, aboriginal people were denied
the voting franchise, could not sit on juries, and were considered exempt from military service during time of war (Henderson). The Act was used to remove Indian children from their
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