The Indian Status

It refers to a specific legal identity of an Aboriginal person in Canada.​ (a)  

With the creation of it this year, the Canadian government developed criteria for who would be legally considered an Indian.​ ​ (b)   ​

Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are classified as “Status Indians” are registered under the Indian Act on the Indian Register– a central registry maintained by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada which goes under this acronym. ​ (c)   Status Indians are issued a status card that contains information about their identity , and their registration number and this.

​ (d)  

​ (e)   are wards of the Canadian federal government, a paternalistic legal relationship that illustrates the historical imperial notion that Aboriginal peoples are “children” requiring control and direction to bring them into more “civilized” colonial ways of life.

• Indian Status
• 1876
• INAC
• their band
• “Status Indians”
• CRA
• 1881

The Indian Act applies only to status Indians, and has not historically recognized ​ them.​ (a)   and

​ (b)   ​

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In keeping with paternalistic policies towards Aboriginal peoples, it assumed fiscal responsibility for Indians in order to support the colonial structures it imposed on Aboriginal peoples through the Indian Act, such as band administration, education, and health care. ​ ​ (c)  

The Indian Act has historically stated that those with Indian status have rights to live on ​ these places. (d)  

They were granted the right to develop their own membership codes, and thereby determine who can participate in band politics and society, as well as who 1 2 can access band resources such as band property.​ (e)  

• Métis
• Inuits
• the Canadian federal government
• reserves
• Bands

Match the following

• band membership

• Most people with Indian Status enjoy this

• tax exemption

• It often accompanies Indian Status

• taxes

• There is a misconception about who should pay these

Match the following order in which people are granted Indian status.

• Secondly

• Any woman who is or was lawfully married to such person

• Thirdly

• Any male person of Indian blood reputed to belong to a particular band

• First

• Any child of such person

Match the following

• provide workers for factories and primary industries (for example, mining and forestry)

• Complete the Railway

• transport goods east and west between provinces

• Implement Protective Tariffs

• build a market in the East for natural resources in the West

• Encourage Immigration

​ This shows the logo for the First nations & Indigenous studies from the University of this province.​ ​ (a)  

• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• Alberta

There is a misconception about who should pay these.​ _______________

​ It often accompanies Indian Status._________________

​ Most people with Indian Status enjoy this.​ (a)  

• Tax exemption
• Free meals
• Subsidies
• Great infrastructure

​ (a)  

• political cartoon drawn by John Wilson Bengough
• Alexander Mackenzie
• Edward Mallandaine
• Donald Smith