apr 12, 1876 - 'Indian Act' Passed

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"The Indian Act came to be developed over time through separate pieces of colonial legislation regarding Aboriginal peoples across Canada such as the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the [Gradual Enfranchisement Act]. In 1876, these acts were consolidated as the Indian Act."

Source:

http://indigenousfoundations.web.arts.ubc.ca/the_indian_act/

"With formal policies like the 'Indian Act' (1876), Canadian state policies forced Indigenous peoples onto reserves, instituted patriarchal governance and destroyed cultural practices while legislating the annexation of territory (Smith 2005). European migration was, fundamentally, a tactic employed to secure the domination of white settlers over stolen land and resources."

Source: Robyn Maynard. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (2017). Page 32.

Government PDF of original text in the Indian Act, 1876:

https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ/STAGING/texte-text/1876c18_1100100010253_eng.pdf

Additional learning:

http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.836448&sl=0

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/21-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-indian-act-1.3533613

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