Canadian Indian Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Indigenous_Services_Canada
Indian status
band governance
reserves
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Bill_C-31_(1985)
gptkb:Bill_S-3_(2017)
multiple times
Bill C-3 (2011)
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:First_Nations_peoples
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Cree
Indigenous people
gptkbp:criticizedFor assimilation policies
paternalism
residential school system
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1876
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_Canada
gptkbp:historicallyProhibited First Nations ceremonies (until 1951)
hiring lawyers for land claims (until 1951)
leaving reserves without a pass (pass system, not in the Act but enforced under its authority)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Canadian Indian Act
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Indian_residential_schools
Indigenous policy in Canada
Indigenous-settler relations in Canada
band council system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
colonial policies
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:legalCitation gptkb:RSC_1985,_c_I-5
gptkbp:prohibits sale of reserve land without government consent
gptkbp:purpose to administer Indian status, local First Nations governments, and the management of reserve land and communal monies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
gptkb:Numbered_Treaties
gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
Indigenous rights in Canada
First Nations governance
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_6_(Indian_status)
Section 87 (tax exemption)
Section 10 (band membership codes)
Section 74 (band council elections)
gptkbp:subjectOf legal challenges
academic research
government reports
Indigenous activism
calls for repeal or reform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Akwesasne_Mohawk_border_issues
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8