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{{Short description|Land in Canada set aside by the Indian Act for First Nations}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2021}}
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{{Indigenous Peoples of Canada}}
In Canada, an '''Indian reserve''' ({{lang-fr|
== Demographics ==
A single "band" (First Nations government) may control one reserve or several,
In 2003, 60 percent of [[Indian Register|status Indians]] lived on reserves.{{sfn|DIAND|2003|page=2}} Of the 637,660 First Nations people who reported being Registered Indians, nearly one-half (49.3%) lived on an Indian reserve. This proportion varies across the country.{{sfn|StatsCan|2011|loc=Highlights: First Nations people}}
Many reserves have no resident population; typically they are small, remote, non-contiguous pieces of land, a fact which has led many to be abandoned, or used only seasonally (as a [[Trapline|trapping territory]], for example). [[Statistics Canada]] counts only those reserves which are populated (or potentially populated) as [[Census geographic units of Canada|"subdivisions" for the purpose of the national census]]. For the 2011 census, of the more than 3,100 Indian reserves across Canada, there were only 961 Indian reserves classified as [[
== Governance ==
One band Chief and [[Tribal Council|Council]] commonly administer more than one reserve, such as the [[Beaver Lake Cree Nation]] with two reserves
After the [[Royal Proclamation
== ''Constitution Act 1867'' ==
In 1867, legislative jurisdiction over "Indians and Lands reserved for the Indians" was assigned to the Parliament of Canada through the ''[[Constitution Act, 1867]]'',{{sfn|Government of Canada|1867}} a major part of [[Constitution of Canada|Canada's Constitution]]
In 1870, the newly formed Dominion government acquired [[Rupert's Land]], a vast territory in [[British North America]]
▲== Treaties and reserves, pre-1867 ==
▲After the Royal Proclamation and before Confederation in 1867 the [[Upper Canada]] Treaties (1764–1862 Ontario) and the [[Douglas Treaties]] (1850-1854 British Columbia) were signed. "Some of these pre-confederation and post-confederation treaties addressed reserve lands, hunting, fishing, trapping rights, annuities and other benefits."{{sfn|DIAND|2003|page=1}} Governor [[James Douglas (governor)|James Douglas]] of British Columbia, which formally became a colony in 1858, also worked to establish many reserves on the mainland during his tenure, though most of these were overturned by successor colonial governments and later royal commissions once the province joined Confederation in 1871.
== Numbered treaties, 1871–1921 ==
Between 1871 and 1921, through [[Numbered Treaties]] with First Nations, the Canadian government
== The ''Indian Act 1876'' ==
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=== Housing loans ===
While the
Provinces and municipalities may expropriate reserve land
Corporations owned by members of First Nations are not exempt, however. This exemption has allowed band members operating in proprietorships or partnerships to sell heavily taxed goods, such as cigarettes, on their reserves at prices considerably lower than those at stores off the reserves. Most reserves are self-governed, within the limits already described, under guidelines established by the ''Indian Act''.
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== Public policy ==
Indian reserves play a very important role in public policy stakeholder consultations, particularly when reserves are located in areas that have valuable natural resources with potential for economic development. Beginning in the 1970s, First Nations gained "recognition of their constitutionally protected rights."{{sfn|Henriques|Sadorsky|2004|p=12}} First Nations' rights are protected by section 35 of the ''[[Constitution Act, 1982]]''. By 2002, (Valiente) First Nations had already "finalised 14 comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements, with numerous others, primarily in northern Canada and British Columbia, at different stages of negotiations." Land claims and self-government agreements are "modern treaties" and therefore hold constitutional status.
=== CEPA 1999 ===
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== Water quality ==
{{main|Long-term drinking water advisories}}
By December 21, 2017, there were 67 long-term [[Boil-water advisory|boil-water advisories]] that had been in effect for longer than a year.<ref name="CTV_Aiello"/> These are "public water systems managed by the federal government".<ref name="CTV_Aiello">{{cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/can-pm-trudeau-keep-drinkable-water-promise-to-first-nations-1.3736954 |title=Can PM Trudeau keep drinkable water promise to First Nations? |first=Rachel |last=Aiello |work=CTV News |date=28 December 2017 |access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> There were also 18 communities that had "water issues for between two and 12 months."<ref name="CTV_Aiello"/>
According to statistics gathered by [[Health Canada]] and the [[First Nations Health Authority]], in 2015, there were "162 drinking water advisories in 118 First Nation communities".<ref name="canadians_water_crisis">{{cite web |url=https://canadians.org/media/federal-party-leaders-urged-end-drinking-water-crisis-first-nation-communities-once-and-all |title=Federal party leaders urged to end drinking water crisis in First Nation communities once and for all |series=Media Release |date=13 October 2015 |access-date=2 February 2018 |work=[[Council of Canadians]]}}</ref> In October 2015, [[Neskantaga First Nation]] reported that its "20-year boil-water advisory" was "the longest running drinking water advisory in Canada."<ref name="canadians_water_crisis"/> [[Shoal Lake 40 First Nation]] was under an 18-year boil water advisory.<ref name="canadians_water_crisis"/>
By 2006,{{sfn|CBC|2006}} nearly 100 Indian reserves had boil-water advisories and many others had substandard water. [[Ḵwiḵwa̱sut'inux̱w Ha̱xwa'mis First Nation]], on [[Vancouver Island]]
==See also==
* [[Aboriginal land title in Canada]]
* [[Aboriginal reserve]] (Australia)
* [[Block settlement]]
* [[Indian reservation]] (United States)
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* [[Lands inhabited by indigenous peoples]]
* [[List of Indian reserves in Canada by population]]
* [[
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