EDRD 2650 Study Guide - Final Guide: Montreal Protocol, Basel Convention, Helsinki Accords

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 2650
• Professor: John Fitzgibbon

Document Summary

Under this section of the constitution, parliament then enacted the indian act, 1880, to be under the authority of the ministry of indian affairs and northern development. The indian act, 1880, was later amended by the indian act, 1985, and includes: the definition of an indian and a band, and regulations regarding registration, property, trading, schooling, taxation, governance, elections, public access, mental illness, and monies. Today, the indian act, 1985 continues to delegate legal authority over the first nations to the federal government, through the aboriginal affairs and northern development canada (aandc: the aandc is responsible for communications with the assembly of first. Resolutions, following approval by the minister of the aandc: first nations agreements only exist at the federal level, little relationships exist at the municipal and provincial level. Aboriginal rights may be defined as those rights that aboriginals have due to their occupation of the land prior to colonization, including rights to culture, traditions, and land rights.