PSCI 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indian Register, Indian Act, Paternalism
14 Jul 2016
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Status indians: designed to sort out who was indian and who was not o o. After the royal proclamation, huge amounts of land were sold off to the canadian government. Royal proclamation basically stopped colonial settlers from taking over native lands without legally acquiring them. Those who qualify for indian status: on official government record, must be descended from indians in 1876 o. People whose mother was a status indian but their father was not. This was only changed in 1985: also people who simply never applied for indian status. Inuit: was never part of the indian act, very little contact, also considered a separate group o. The government basically didn"t even know they existed. The government basically erased identities and tried to assimilate everyone into one canadian identity. Indian agents, white people who were in charge of reserves. The government wanted full control over reserves, did not think the indians could self-govern.
