Background Content: Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation

Exploring Theme: "Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act"

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September 24, 2024


‘Justice will prevail’: Indigenous families fight to reclaim status and land rights

To vote, get a degree or keep children out of residential schools, Indigenous men gave up Indian status for themselves, their wives and their children. Now, a constitutional challenge aims to get it back The Narwhal: To expedite assimilation, Indigenous people were pushed to accept enfranchisement, which meant renouncing Indian status in order to gain...

March 20, 2023


Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act

The Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act received Royal Assent in December 2014. The Act requires the Minister of Indigenous Services to report annually, within the first 10 sitting days of the House of Commons in every calendar year, on the work undertaken in collaboration with First Nations and other interested parties to develop new legislation to...