SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Donald Marshall, Jr., 1969 White Paper, Indian Register

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First passed in 1876, affects the lives of status indians. Rested on the principle that aboriginals should be treated as wards or children of the state. Dictated who is and who is not an indian". Four categories of indian peoples emerged: status indians those who are registered indians and descendants of indians at the time the. Indian act was signed: non-status indians those who identify themselves as aboriginal but are not legally recognized, metis descendants of the historic metis nation in alberta, saskatchewan, manitoba, and. Northern ontario, with roots in mixed communities of french and scottish fur traders and. Inuit recognized as having the same rights as status indians but who are ethnically and nationally distinct. The act gave parliament control over indian political structures, landholding patterns, and resource and economic development. Provided a means of removing political sovereignty from indigenous peoples by introducing a system of indirect rule and segregation.

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