What happened with the Indian Act of 1876?

The Indian Act, which was enacted in 1876 and has since been amended, allows the government to control most aspects of aboriginal life: Indian status, land, resources, wills, education, band administration and so on. ... In its previous versions, the Indian Act clearly aimed to assimilate First Nations

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