The Indian Act Wiki

Welcome to the Indian Act Wiki

This wiki is being created by the students enrolled in the The Indian Act course, First Peoples Studies Program, School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University. It summarizes the history of the Indian Act and its impacts on First Nations in Canada. This includes discussion of the events leading up to its imposition, its implications for First Peoples cultures and societies, as well as related policies and other instruments of assimilation and colonization. Issues of accommodation and resistance are discussed. Effects of proposed changes to the Indian Act are analysed and alternative solutions are explored in the last section.

The Indian Act	Other contents
Pre and Post Confederation Interwar period and the 1951 Indian Act Band Membership and Governance Cultural Impacts – Banning of the Potlatch Residential Schools The White Paper and Citizen Plus Women's Rights, Bill C-31 and Bill C-3 Oka Crisis, RCAP and the Land Management Act Land Claims Beyond the Indian Act?	Student Bios Student reflections