POLI 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Act Structure, Patrilocal Residence, Indian Act
9 Dec 2016
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*1951: enfranchisement no longer a threat to the band in regard to land (certificate of land had to be transferred to a member of the band or to the band itself). C-31: 1985 amendments to i. a: status: s6(1) & s6(2, membership s10 & s11, by-laws, residency, taxation s. 83. 1960: passage of the canadian bill of rights. One of the prohibitive grounds of this bill is gender. Indian act question is brought to the discussion. There were a couple of cases: jeanette levell: was a member of an indian band and married out. As a result of the provisions under the act, she moved to toronto and brought an action against the federal government in 1971 (charging for violation on the canadian bill of rights). She lost her case at trial, the judge arguing that this was better addressed through the indian act: yvonne b dard: from the six nations reserve in ontario.
