Political Science 2246E Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: 1969 White Paper, Financial Statement, Buffalo Jump
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Profile of status indians in canada: status indians: Are defined in legal terms as opposed to other aboriginal people" who lack legal recognition under the act. Is a person recognized, or entitled to be registered, as an indian, pursuant to the indian act. Being registered means that the person is attached, or is a member of, a band recognized by the department of indian and northern. It also means that the person is on the indian register and legally entitled to access federal programming and funding for status indian people: bill c-31: The reinstatement of registered indian status to those individuals, mainly women, who had lost their registration through marriage and the first-time registration of their children. New rules governing entitlement to indian registration for all children born after april 16th 1985. The opportunity for individual bands to develop and apply their own rules governing first nations membership.