Agreements, Statutes, and Laws

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was an understanding between King George III of Great Britain, and Native (Indian/Aboriginal/First Nations) North Americans, the Proclamation was to stabilize relations concerning regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases. The British North America Act of 1867, and still known informally as the BNA Act, which was also the Constitution Act of 1867, created a federal dominion known as the Government of Canada. Eventually from the BNA Act, the Indian Act was created in 1876, which was defined as a Canadian statute concerning registered Indians (First Nations people of Canada), their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. This Act was enacted and under the provisions of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act of 1867. This provided the Canadian federal government exclusive authority to legislate in relation to "Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians", this statute was administered by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and still to present day. In essences the Indian Act is what governs and defines registered status Indians and the Indian reserves they live on. Indian reserves are defined plots of land with boundaries situated in six hundred plus locations throughout Canada. Through the Indian Act, registered status Indians are allowed various rights and entitlements and can exercise them within these defined plots of lands within Canada. One of the major rights and entitlements that Indians are entitled to are Tax and Cost exemption. This can and will build Business Relationships for the Future.