Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Indian Act, Sixties Scoop, Indian Register

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Andrew Mantulak

Document Summary

Indigenous people: the original inhabitants of the portion of the. indigenous and aboriginal are collective terms that include the. The first nations include culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse groups of people. Some examples are the cree, dene, and mi"kmaq peoples. The indian act of 1876 sought strictly to define who would be considered an indian so as to exert government authority over. This legislation provides the government of canada with a legal framework of authority over indians and lands reversed for indians. The main purpose of the at was to control and regulate indian lives. The act fragmented the aboriginal population into distinct groups with different rights, restrictions, and obligations. The term indian is still used in a legal context and usually defines a person as being either a status or non-status indian. As a consequence, canada today is one of the few countries to have.