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The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands
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The earliest Reserves built on Vancouver Iskand created under the terms of the Douglas Treeties
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The province and the federal Government created a 3 person joint commission for settlement of reserves
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Most Reserves are administrated by an elected Chief and council type
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the Constitution Act, 1867, provided Canada's federal government exclusive authority to legislate in relation to "Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians.
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The 3 personcommission was dissolved and sproat continued as the only commisioner
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Indian Reorganization act of 1934 The major goal was to reverse the traditional goal of assimilation of Indians into American society,
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In Canada Indian reservations are defined under the indian act as tracts of land are set aside for the use of a first nation band
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The province agreed to enter into a treaty making process with first nations and government
