what document + year labeled indigenous people with “Status”
Indian Act 1976
what document inegrated the terms “Indian” and “Band”
Indian Act 1976
what documant DID NOT respect the spiritual, cultural, linguistic, organizational Diversity of Indigenous Nations
Indian Act 1976
what genders were granted automatic status?
Men-Indian Act 1976
women would lose status if they marries a non-indigenous man.
5 things she could no longer do/have right to
Treaty Benefits
Health Benefits
Right to live on reserve
Right to inherit family property
Right to be buries on reserve with ancestors
where does it say this: “A woman who married a person who is not an Indian… is not entitled to be registered”
Section 12 (1) (b) of the Indian Act:
what is Enfranchisement?
Legal process for terminating a person’s Indian status and granting full Canadian citizenship
name 5 ways to achieve enfranchisement
-Serving in the military,
-gaining a university education,
-leaving the reserved for long periods (ex. Employment)
-if women
-married non-indian man
-if husbands died or abandon them
how did Indian Act affect the relationship between man and woman
Men became accustomed to thinking like white men: The women are our property
When was Bill C-31 introduced
Included in the changes made to Indian act in 1985
what were and when: Indian Agents
1870-1960 people controled the day-to-day activities of indigenous peoples
what is “Second generation cut off” in reference to?
