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Indian Reservations
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indian reservations
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Indian removal act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands -
early reserves on Vancouver Island
The earliest Reserves built on Vancouver Iskand created under the terms of the Douglas Treeties -
joint commission created
The province and the federal Government created a 3 person joint commission for settlement of reserves -
The Indian act
Most Reserves are administrated by an elected Chief and council type -
the constitution act
the Constitution Act, 1867, provided Canada's federal government exclusive authority to legislate in relation to "Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians. -
3 person commission dissolved
The 3 personcommission was dissolved and sproat continued as the only commisioner -
Reorganization act
Indian Reorganization act of 1934 The major goal was to reverse the traditional goal of assimilation of Indians into American society, -
indian reservations defined
In Canada Indian reservations are defined under the indian act as tracts of land are set aside for the use of a first nation band -
province agreement
The province agreed to enter into a treaty making process with first nations and government
