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Non-status Indian

Index Non-status Indian

In Canada, a non-status Indian is a legal term referring to any First Nations individual who for whatever reason is not registered with the federal government, or is not registered to a band which signed a treaty with the Crown. [1]

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Band government

In Canada, an Indian band or band, sometimes referred to as a First Nation band or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act (i.e. Status Indians or First Nations).

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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) (formerly the Native Council of Canada and briefly the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada), founded in 1971, is a national Canadian aboriginal organization, that represents Aboriginal peoples (Non-Status, and Status Indians, Métis and Southern Inuit) who live off Indian reserves, in either urban or rural areas across Canada.

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Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)

is a case of the Supreme Court of Canada, ruling that Métis and non-status Indians are "Indians" for the purpose of s 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867.

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Deaths in November 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2012.

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First Nations in Alberta

First Nations in Alberta are indigenous peoples who live in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Gabriel Dumont Institute

The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research Inc. (GDI) was formally incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1980, to serve the educational and cultural needs of the Saskatchewan Métis and Non-Status Indian community.

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Indian Act

The Indian Act (An Act respecting Indians, Loi sur les Indiens), (the Act) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves.

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Indian Register

The Indian Register is the official record of Status Indians or Registered Indians in Canada.

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Indian settlement

An Indian settlement is a census subdivision outlined by the Canadian government Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada for census purposes.

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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), referred to by its applied title under the Federal Identity Program as Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), (Affaires autochtones et du Nord Canada), is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Aboriginal peoples in Canada, that comprise the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

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Jim Sinclair (politician)

Jim Sinclair (June 3, 1933 – November 9, 2012) was a Non-Status Indian leader from Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Mark MacDonald (bishop)

Mark Lawrence MacDonald (born 15 January 1954) is an Anglican bishop.

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Métis in Canada

The Métis in Canada are a group of peoples in Canada who trace their descent to First Nations peoples and European settlers.

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Native Council of Nova Scotia

The Native Council of Nova Scotia represents about 25,000 Mi’kmaq/Aboriginal peoples who are non-status or live off-reserve in Nova Scotia and issues its own identity cards.

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Native Friendship Centre

Friendship Centres are non-profit community organizations that provide services to urban Inuit, Métis, and First Nations (Status and Non-Status) people.

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Ottawa Valley

The Ottawa Valley is the valley of the Ottawa River, along the boundary between Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

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Sixties Scoop

The Sixties Scoop refers to a practice that occurred in Canada of taking, or "scooping up", Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in foster homes or adoption.

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2012 in Canada

Events from the year 2012 in Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-status_Indian

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