In recent Canadian history, there has been a Prime Ministerial pre-occupation with removing the Indian Act. Every 10-20 years, from Liberal or Conservative governments, a new approach to breaking down the Act is introduced. While those approaches have differed by degrees, the philosophy has been remarkably similar through time and rejected by First Nations as too narrow, too paternalistic, too rushed. Learning from previous mistakes, Canada’s most recent strategy to remove the Act now seems to be working.
This is a complementary resource to the Yellowhead Brief, The Indian Act, Exit 150: The Coming and Going of Colonization’s Foundational Legislation
