INDIGST 1AA3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Indian Reserve
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INDIGST 1AA3
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
January 9th, 2018
Lecture 1
First Nations in Canada
• Ontario has 126, British Columbia has 198
Demographics – Aboriginal Population in Canada
• Data collected in 2011:
o First Nations: 878030
o Métis: 451795
o Inuit: 59,440
• 54% lived in urban areas, which represented a 50% increase from 1996
• Winnipeg was home to the largest urban Aboriginal population (68380), followed by
Edmonton (52100), Vancouver (40310), Toronto (26575), Calgary (26575), Saskatoon
(21535), and Regina (17105) were home to relatively large numbers of urban Aboriginal
People
• The aboriginal population is younger than the non-Aboriginal population. Almost half
(48%) of the Aboriginal population consists of children and youth aged 24 and under,
compared with 31% for the non-Aboriginal population
• Meership o resere is er ople, aot lie o resere if ou’re ot registered
Indian, membership codes are restricted and for them to pass on their status to their
children is complicated; your children cannot inherent that home
Ontario
• 133 first nations with increasing populations however, the long projections in Canada
was to see a decrease
• Reaso for the derease is eause there’s o poit i haig Idia affairs aore
• Indian act was formed in 1876
• The First Nations population increased 22% between 2006 and 2011, just over 3.5
• 19% of Métis live in Ontario
• The Inuit population increased over 20% from 2006 to 59110
• 3.5% of Inuit live in Ontario
The Indian Act
• Indian Agents
• Up until 1951, if you wanted to go to university you would have to relinquish your Indian
status, eaig ou aot lie ith our fail, a’t e o resere or uried o
reserve because the Indian Act says no. you were not allowed to obtain a lawyer to take
Canada to court about a land claim
• Idia At is opliated eause it’s rae ased, he our status is take aa, ou
cannot legally be with your family
• Default mechanism of how the state relates to Indigenous people
• Up until 1951, child welfare agents were allowed to remove children from their reserves
Misconception 3: Rights and Benefits
• First Nations people enjoy the same fundamental beliefs as all other Canadians, child
Tax Benefit, Old Age Security, and Employment Insurance
Misconception 5: Taxation
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• All have to pay taxes
• India At sas the do’t hae to pa ioe ta if the ork off-reserve or for a
company located off reserve whose business is not specifically geared toward Aboriginal
people
Misconception6: Financial Accountability
• Every First Nation in Canada is required to submit an annual audit to the federal
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Haisla Nation History and Reconciliation Act
Haisla means dellers donrier and have occupied lands for over 9000 years. Located on
Kitamaat Village. There are eight clans (eagle, beaver, crow, killer whale, wolf, frog, raven,
salmon). In 1918, there was an influenza pandemic that wiped out the wolf and frog clans. The
Na’Na’Kila Istitute as estalished i to help protet ad eourage development of
Haisla ulture, iludig laguage. Na’Na’Kila helped rig aout the repatriatio of a Haisla
totem pole that had been removed in 1929 and was missing for more than 60 years. It was
discovered in the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm in 1991 and, after years of negotiation,
it as retured to Kitaaat o Jul , 6. I ehage for it’s safe retur, the Haisla ared a
replica pole to gift to the museum in Stockholm.
6.9 No Haisla Engagement Response. If a response is not received from the Haisla
Nation within the number of working days set out in Step 2 of Table 1, the Provincial
Agency may proceed to make the Land and Resource Decision, but before doing so
will advise the Haisla Nation of the approximate date of the impending Land and
Resource Decision, including the details of any measures to be taken to address any
potential adverse impacts on asserted Haisla aboriginal rights, including aboriginal
title.
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Document Summary
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