POLS 3136 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Musqueam Indian Band, United Garment Workers Of America, Aboriginal Title
10 Dec 2016
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S 91(24) - of the constitutional act 1867 confers power upon the federal parliament the power to make law in relation to indians, and lands reserved for the indians . Main reason for s. 92 (24) - there was a concern for the aboriginal people against the local settlers, whose interest lay in an absence of restrictions on the expansion of european settlement. Second reason- was probably a desire to maintain uniform national policies respecting the. The royal proclamation 1763- had established that treaty making with the indians was the sole responsibility of the imperial crown in right of the united kingdom. After confederation, the federal government was the natural successor to that responsibility. In canada is used to mean the aboriginal peoples who have been living there long before european contact. The federal indian act - defines the term indian /establishes a register to record names/ and persons within this statutory definition are known as status indians .
