A review of the band election process under Section 74 and the customary systems now existing on Indian reserves : memorandum on selected issues under Section 74(1) of the Indian Act, RSC 1970, Chapter...: R32-355/1983E-PDF

"This report reviews the band election process governed by Sections 74 to 80 of the Indian Act and the customary systems of election/selection now operating on Indian reserves; complaints and abuses under both systems; the main reason for the reversions from elective to customary systems; related issues such as the Indians' difficulty with the non-Indian concept of democracy; some of the impacts on Indian communities of these reversions to custom; the concerns of the Department of Indian Affairs; and recommendations to deal with the main issues"--p. [1]-2.

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Department/Agency Indian and Inuit Affairs Program (Canada). Reserves and Trusts.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Title A review of the band election process under Section 74 and the customary systems now existing on Indian reserves : memorandum on selected issues under Section 74(1) of the Indian Act, RSC 1970, Chapter I-6 / prepared by Kahn-Tineta Horn for Reserves and Trusts, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Variant title Memorandum on selected issues under Section 74(1) of the Indian Act, RSC 1970, Chapter I-6
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "March 1983."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada].
Publishing information Ottawa : Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Reserves and Trusts, 1983.
Author / Contributor Horn, Kahn-Tineta.
Description 1 v. (various pagings)
Catalogue number
  • R32-355/1983E-PDF
Subject terms Indians
Elections
Legislation
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