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Treaties were numbered to keep track of them and the Indian Act was needed to bring them under Canadian control.
The purpose was to put off for a future generation the issue of Aboriginal land and rights claims.
Treaties themselves were meant to avoid or put off into the future a war for land and control, or at least as much as possible. There were still battles and wars fought but for Britain treaties worked very well. Not so well for the Aboriginals.
They have not worked so well for Canada either. The treaties, the very idea of such treaties come from a time in which a persons race was used to determine their class and the rights they could expect.
As a result such Treaties are race based. They were not based on any Nation status, just race and area, a way to keep the races apart. Which is why South Africa used them as a model for their apartheid.
Even by the end of the 1800's when Canada was taking over from Britain the idea that a persons race should determine everything was being questioned but it was easier to just continue what Britain had started.
Today after the racial genocide of WWII and the Civil rights movements of the later half of the 20th century many Canadians believe as stated in their Charter of Rights that people should not be discriminated against (or for) based on race.
Yet the Indian Act and the treaties are fundamentally racist, segregating people by their race, with access to Canadian resources and government programs being determined by race. Regardless of how long a persons family has lived in Canada, even if it has been 500yrs, if they are not perceived as being of a race covered by treaties, they cannot achieve, or work towards having equal rights.
As long as Canada holds to such race based laws and treaties a Canadians human rights will depend on that Canadians race.
But to extend equal rights to all Canadians regardless of race is to deal with the original purpose of the Treaties and the Indian Act. That will mean that some parts of Canada will want to leave the Confederation. Some of those parts are worth fighting to keep in Canada.
The real purpose of the Indian Act and the numbered treaties is to put off that conflict at least until the next generation. So it has been, and so it will be, at least for now.
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What purpose did the Indian Removal Act have?
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to take the Indians to the land west of the Mississippi River.
How was the indian removal act violated on many occasions?
Many tribes signed the removal treaties. However, the Cherokee Nation refused and fought the government in courts.
What were the details and outcomes of the treaties negotiated between the first four presidents and Indian nations?
The first four presidents made many treaties with Indian nation that had many effects and outcomes on Americans. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act that allowed the president to make treaties with Native Americans. Although this law did not allow president Jackson to remove the Indians by force he did. This resulted in many protests over the treatment of Indians. Despite the Indian resistance Jackson had managed to push the Indians and further conflict across the Mississippi.
The Indian Removal Act 1830 relocated thousands of Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory for the purpose of?
Making land available for white miners and farmers
Who was involved in the Indian act of 1876?
The purpose of the act, was for the Government to assimilate the First Nations. The Indian act had a very ethnocentric viewpoint- based off the European colonists. Also the act affirmed the rights of the FN. It was also a way of the government administering treaty rights to the First Nations.
What legislation established the collective rights of groups in Canada?
The Indian act, the numbered treaties , the Canadian constitution and the Manitoba act.
What laws recognize the collective rights of First Nations peoples in Canada?
Indian Act Numbered Treaties
What purpose did the Indian Removal Act have?
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to take the Indians to the land west of the Mississippi River.
The Indian removal act called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require native American to?
to move west
What did the Indian removal act enforce?
It enforced the right of the United States to violate international treaties at will, a practice that continues today.
The Dawes Severalty Act was designed to promote Indian?
The primary purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act was to promote Indian assimilation. The act was created by a Senator from Massachusetts named Henry Laurens Dawes.
The Indian removal act called for the govtto negotiate treaties that would require native Americans to?
the Indians east of the Mississippi had to move into the western states
Was the Indian removal act of 1830 justified?
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act was to take land and established homes from the Native people with the intent of giving the homes to the new settlers.
How was the indian removal act violated on many occasions?
Many tribes signed the removal treaties. However, the Cherokee Nation refused and fought the government in courts.
What is Indian act?
a federal government law
What were the details and outcomes of the treaties between the first four presidents and Indian nations?
The first four presidents made many treaties with Indian nation that had many effects and outcomes on Americans. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act that allowed the president to make treaties with Native Americans. Although this law did not allow president Jackson to remove the Indians by force he did. This resulted in many protests over the treatment of Indians. Despite the Indian resistance Jackson had managed to push the Indians and further conflict across the Mississippi.
What were the details and outcomes of the treaties negotiated between the first four presidents and Indian nation?
The first four presidents made many treaties with Indian nation that had many effects and outcomes on Americans. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act that allowed the president to make treaties with Native Americans. Although this law did not allow president Jackson to remove the Indians by force he did. This resulted in many protests over the treatment of Indians. Despite the Indian resistance Jackson had managed to push the Indians and further conflict across the Mississippi.
