Indian Act (Canada)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Indigenous_Services_Canada
gptkb:Crown-Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs_Canada
gptkbp:amendedBy multiple times
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:First_Nations_peoples
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Cree
Indigenous people
gptkbp:containsProvision education
taxation
Indian status
band governance
liquor prohibition (historically)
pass system (historically)
reserves
wills and estates
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:criticizedFor assimilationist policies
discrimination against women
paternalism
residential school system
restricting self-governance
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1876
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Act (Canada)
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:legalCitation gptkb:RSC_1985,_c_I-5
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:Bill_C-31_(1985)
gptkb:Bill_C-3_(2010)
gptkb:Bill_C-428_(2014)
gptkb:Bill_S-3_(2017)
gptkbp:purpose to administer Indian status, local First Nations governments, and the management of reserve land and communal monies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bill_C-31_(1985_amendment)
gptkb:Bill_S-3_(2017_amendment)
treaty rights
First Nations land management
self-government agreements
gptkbp:repealedBy pass system
potlatch ban
sun dance ban
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_6_(Indian_status)
gptkb:Section_74_(chief_and_council_elections)
Section 10 (band membership)
Section 87 (tax exemption)
Section 88 (application of provincial laws)
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_of_Canada
gptkb:Royal_Commission_on_Aboriginal_Peoples
numerous legal challenges
gptkbp:website https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-5/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ojibwe_lands
gptkb:Coast_Salish
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5