Indian Act in Canada

Delegated Regulations of the Indian Act

The following subordinate legislation were released under the authority of the Indian Act. Statutory Instruments, including regulations, are concerned with highly specific legislative detail while enabling statutes, like the Indian Act, deal more with general matters or principles for the subject (as in the field of the Indian Act) concerned. For more information about regulations, other statutory instruments (IS) and other documents, including statutory orders and regulations (SOR) related to the Indian Act, see here. Research also the Indian Act in the Index of Canadian Regulations, which lists most federal regulations and statutory instruments in force.

• Calculation of Interest Regulations
• Dakota Tipi Band Council Elections Order
• Disposal of Forfeited Goods and Chattels Regulations
• Enfranchisement Orders [Various]
• Eskasoni Band Council Elections Order
• Eskasoni Band Council Method of Election Regulations
• Indian Act &emdash; Order Exempting Bands from the Operation of Section 32 of the Act
• Indian Band Council Borrowing Regulations
• Indian Band Council Procedure Regulations
• Indian Band Election Regulations
• Indian Bands Council Elections Order
• Indian Bands Council Method of Election Regulations
• Indian Bands Revenue Moneys Order
• Indian Bands Revenue Moneys Regulations
• Indian Estate Regulations
• Indian Mining Regulations
• Indian Referendum Regulations
• Indian Reserve Traffic Regulations
• Indian Reserve Waste Disposal Regulations
• Indian Timber Harvesting Regulations
• Indian Timber Regulations
• Miawpukek Band Order
• Mushuau Innu First Nation Band Order
• Property Assessment and Taxation (Railway Right-of-Way) Regulations
• Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band Order
• Sandy Bay Band Council Method of Election Regulations
• Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Band Order

Indian Act

Definition of Indian Act by Rand Dyck and Christopher Cochrane (in their book “Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches”) in the context of political science in Canada: The act that has governed almost all aspects of First Nation life in Canada since the 1870s, giving extensive authority to government bureaucrats and minimal discretion to First Nations themselves.

Definition of Indian Act

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Indian Act: The British North America Act (1867), creating the nation of Canada, gave responsibility for the Native peoples of the new nation to the federal government. Federal legislation governing Natives was first passed in 1868 and in 1876 the first Indian Act was passed. This Act provides a legal definition of ‘Indian’ and for those covered by the designation provides a framework in which their activities are governed. From the outset the Act espoused the goal of assimilation and in the name of this end authorized many repressive actions by the state. The Inuit (until recently referred to as ‘Eskimo’) of the North were not included in the Indian Act and a court decision in 1939 was required to declare them a federal responsibility. The Act has been described as a ‘total institution’ since the lives of Natives covered it are entirely lived out within its rule. The Act has been a powerful instrument for the colonization of Indian lands and peoples. Since 1970 there have been suggestions that the Indian Act be removed and Native peoples become similar to other citizens in Canada. See: total institution; reserve; Potlatch;

Indian Act: Resources

Notes and References

1. Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Indian Act. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

Resources

See Also

• Politics
• Political Science

Law is our Passion

This entry about Indian Act has been published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) licence, which permits unrestricted use and reproduction, provided the author or authors of the Indian Act entry and the Encyclopedia of Law are in each case credited as the source of the Indian Act entry. Please note this CC BY licence applies to some textual content of Indian Act, and that some images and other textual or non-textual elements may be covered by special copyright arrangements. For guidance on citing Indian Act (giving attribution as required by the CC BY licence), please see below our recommendation of "Cite this Entry".

• APA
• MLA
• MLA 7
• CHICAGO
• OSCOLA

Usage Metrics

318 Views. 232 Visitors.

Google Scholar: Search for Indian Act Related Content

 

Schema Summary

This entry was last updated: February 23, 2017

More about Delegated Regulations

More about Political Science

More about Social Science