Bill C-31 and First Nation membership : Aboriginal Policy Research Conference pre-conference workshop : summary of collected papers / Summarized by Michelle Mann ; Managed and edited by Erik Anderson.: R5-672/2006E-PDF
"The ramifications of Bill C-31 changes to the Indian Act in 1985 have been the source of numerous legal and policy challenges primarily involving Indian registration and band membership issues. Bill C-31 was intended to bring the Indian Act into conformity with the gender equality rights provided under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and s. 35(4) of the Constitution Act, 1982. It was intended to address gender discrimination arising from previous provisions of the Indian Act, which stipulated that an Indian woman, who married a non-Indian man, lost her Indian registration, as did their children"--Introduction, p. 3.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. |
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| Title | Bill C-31 and First Nation membership : Aboriginal Policy Research Conference pre-conference workshop : summary of collected papers / Summarized by Michelle Mann ; Managed and edited by Erik Anderson. |
| Variant title | Aboriginal Policy Research Conference pre-conference workshop : summary of collected papers |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | "March 2006." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa?] : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Strategic Research & Analysis Directorate, 2006. |
| Author / Contributor | Mann, Michelle M. Anderson, Erik, 1966- |
| Description | 80 p. |
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| Subject terms | Indians Aboriginal rights Government policy |
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