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Canadian Indian Act
The first Canadian Indian Act was issued in 1876. Though it has been revised
numerous times, this hundred and thirty year old legislation has been left virtually
unchanged. Established in order to ensure the assimilation of Native Americans in
Canada, the Indian Act instead had achieved the total opposite. It has made this
distinction more and has given immense power to the government, letting them control
all who reside on the reserves. It was then that the distinction between Status Indians and
Non-Status Indians was made. The Canadian government quickly displayed their control
by forbidding the sale of
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