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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Indian Act"”.
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Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act
… and contemporary harms of colonialism and the Indian Act (1876) have had on First Nations band membership codes and Indigenous practices of determining belonging. The central task of this study is to determine how Indigenous nations can determine membership and belonging beyond colonial …
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The Impact Of The Indian Act On Indigenous Women's Voices: Rereading Sex-Based Discrimination Case Law Against Indigenous Feminist Theatre Movement Literature
… on to note how legal pluralist law reform of the Indian Act’s Indian Status rules is necessary. The two plays of Strength Of Indian Women and Women Of The Fur Trade are read alongside the cases to contrast the ways in which women's lives are represented and understood in each. This juxtaposition …
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Red and Black Blood: Teaching the Logic of the Canadian Settler State
… of the settler state is enforced through the Indian Act and the Multiculturalism Act, which work together to deny shared time between indigenous peoples, black peoples, and settlers. Settlers are positioned as inhabiting the here and now as reflected in the temporality of the modern settler …
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The Crown as fiduciary and the conflict of interest inherent in its use of Indian lands for public purposes.
… relationship between the federal Crown and Indian bands arising under the Indian Act, and more particularly the obligations adhering to the Crown when it accepts surrenders of reserve lands for its own purposes. It begins with an analysis of the theoretical basis of the fiduciary …
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Kwayeskastasowin ᒃᐗᔦᔅᑲᔅᑕᓱᐎᓐ (Setting Things Right): Cree Pathways to Modernizing Treaty 9
… at a decisive crossroads where intensifying extraction pressures, notably Ontario’s Ring of Fire, collide with unresolved Indigenous sovereignty and governance. While signatories understood the treaty as a covenant of coexistence and shared stewardship, Canada imposed a land-surrender narrative, …
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Transfer of jurisdiction for education: A paradox in regard to the constitutional entrenchment of Indian rights to education and the existing treaty No. 3 rights to education.
Education, to date, has failed Indian people. Shortfalls in education provided to Indian people, brought about by constitutionally sanctioned discrimination under s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 and made operant by the Indian Act, 1876 and a boarding school system, is well documented in the …
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Conflicting discourses in Canadian Aboriginal politics : a case study of the First Nations governance initiative
… centre piece of which was a bill to amend the Indian Act. This thesis utilizes the events and discussions that surrounded the preparation of the bill as a case study of contemporary Canadian Aboriginal politics and international debates on Indigenous rights. The approach taken is inspired by …
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An Exploration of the First Nations Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Multiple-Case Study of Canadian First Nation Entrepreneurial Support Organizations and their Role in First Nations Entrepreneurship
… serves as a central channel to increase economic activity and express self-determination. However, First Nations entrepreneurship has remained stagnant and well below the national average since 2001. One of the main barriers to First Nations entrepreneurship is access to capital and continued …
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ATR Process Geomatics: Process, Content, and Style
… for new reserve land parcel recovery within the Indian Act and other land management regimes applying to First Nations in Canada. The three portfolio papers explore a land-based geomatics data perspective, exploring its process, data practice, and process history-engagement style. The ATR process …
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Business Development and Nation (Re)Building in Canadian First Nations: A Case Study of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council and FHQ Developments Ltd.
… colonial policies that have had a lasting impact on the wellbeing of Indigenous societies. Business development and governance reform are two pathways from which First Nations can increase collective wellbeing, self-sufficiency, and self-determination. In both cases, progress is constrained by …
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Representation Matters: Increasing the Numbers of Indigenous Applicants to the Teacher Education Program at Southern Comprehensive University
… existed in Canada for over 100 years through Indian Act legislation. Despite nearly two decades of Indigenous Education interventions at the provincial level, Indigenous achievement levels in Ontario continue to lag well behind those of non-Indigenous peers. Although Ontario’s diverse student …
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Empire's Law: A Hartian Critique of the Potential of Fuller's and Radbruch's Theories to Address Legal Colonialism
… context, i.e., denying the legal authority of Indian Act band governments and obstructing the possibility of genuine reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and settlers.
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Assimilation Through Incarceration: the Geographic Imposition of Canadian Law Over Indigenous Peoples
… legacy of colonialism. The Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) espoused incarceration as a strategic instrument of assimilation. Colonial consciousness could not reconcile evolving indigenous identities with projects of state formation founded on the epistemological invention of populating …
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The management of native lands in New Zealand and Canada: a comparative study
… had begun. I was fortunate enough to have contacts in New Zealand willing to send the details over to Canada. Similarly,what appears to be a significant decision concerning reserve land and the duties of the Minister in respect of surrenders was delivered by the Federal Court in Vancouver in …