Known as "Canada's forgotten people," the Métis have long been here, but until 1982 they lacked the legal status of Native people. At that point, however, the Métis were recognized in the constitution as one of Canada's Aboriginal...
Legal status, laws, etc.
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Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:Please note: legislation affecting adults in retirement may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please contact...
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Author:Woo, Grace Li XiuSummary:Some assume that Canada earned a place among postcolonial states in 1982 when it took charge of its Constitution. Yet despite the formal recognition accorded to Aboriginal and treaty rights at that time, Indigenous peoples continue to...
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Author:Flanagan, ThomasSummary:Over the last thirty years Canadian policy on aboriginal issues has come to be dominated by an ideology that sees aboriginal peoples as "nations" entitled to specific rights. Indians and Inuit now enjoy legal privileges that include the...
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Author:Summary:A collection of medieval European documents of the Church and state, including theological positions on the Jews; papal decrees and local and national charters granting rights to Jews; documents relating to protection of Jews;...
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Author:Palmater, Pamela D., Montour, Bill, Six Nations of the Grand River, Paul, Candice, St. Mary’s First Nation, Paul, Lawrence, Millbrook First Nation, Day, Isadore, Serpent River First NationSummary:The current Status criteria of the Indian Act contains descent-based rules akin to blood quantum that are particularly discriminatory against women and their descendants, which author Pamela Palmater argues will lead to the...
