The Indian Act of Canada

Type

Book

Authors

Richard H. Bartlett ( Bartlett, Richard H. )

ISBN 10

0888800940

Tags

Canada -- Indian Act, Indian Act (Canada), Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc., Indigenous self-government -- Canada, Indigenous self-government, Sovereignty, Indigenous title -- Canada, Indigenous title

Abstract

"A balanced and detailed study of the impact of this Act on Indian people. It surveys the history and objects of the Indian Act; discusses status and membership; outlines the form and powers of self-government of the band council; analyzes the administration of the reserves and moneys arising therefrom; examines the scope of the fiduciary obligation of the Crown with respect to Indian lands and resources; highlights the federal governments attempts to further the policy of assimilation; analyzes the substantial denial of Indian self-government focusing on the James Bay Agreement, the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act and the Sechelt Indian Band Self-government Act; and surveys the gradual erosion of the treaties."--WorldCat.org.

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