Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Two Row Wampum Treaty, Constitution Act, 1982, Indian Act
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The different legal status of first nations people in canada. A(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al peoples a(cid:396)e (cid:1008)% of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:859)s populatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:396)isi(cid:374)g: (cid:1005). (cid:1009) (cid:373)illio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1005) Among these, some 315, 000 live on reserves. Bank will say no (canada law says a mortgage is not enforceable on an. All restricted by the indian act, rsc 1985. Every will created by a native reserve patron will go through government officials in. If the will does not correspond with the reserve than the will will be destroyed. Only way to surrender the land is to give it to the federal government or pass it onto within the indian reserve. Business coming onto the reserve: people in ottawa must approve every lease arrangement, laws on the land on a reserve were based in the 1800s. 6 times the change of being incarcerated in a federal prison (2013) Suicide rate for aboriginal boys- 5 times as high, for girls 7 times as high.