Canada : legal resources: Indigenous Peoples

"‘Indigenous peoples' is a collective name for the original peoples of North America and their descendants.  ‘Aboriginal peoples' is also used.

The Canadian Constitution recognizes three such groups: Indians (more commonly referred to as First Nations), Inuit and Métis. These are three distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.

More than 1.4 million people in Canada identify themselves as an Aboriginal person, according to the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). "

Official government website http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100013785/1304467449155 Viewed  16 June 2017.

In 2017, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) was dissolved and replaced by 2 new departments: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).

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Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada

Indigenous peoples -- Canada

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Indians of North America - Canada - Treaties

The looseleaf service Woodward Native Law is at KL8.C1. WOO

• 1969 White Paper Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy.
• 1991-1996 – Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Print copy is available in Rhodes House Library)
• 2006  Justice Within: indigenous legal traditions Law Commission of Canada
• 2088 Indian Act - webpages of University of British Columbia Indigenous Foundations "an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada" about the act.