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The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for for European settlement of Aboriginal Territories
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The British North America Act gives the federal government responsibility for Aboriginals and their lands.
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The Indian Act is passed, essentially extinguishing any remaining self-government for natives and making them wards of the federal governement
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The residential schools open
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The Northwest Rebellion was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Metis people of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel. Some Cree groups also fought, but for a variety of reasons, some unrelated to the Metis grievances
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Major changes to the Indian Act remove a number of discriminatory rules, including a ban on native consumption of alcohol, although it is only allowed on reserves.
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Natives are given the right to vote in federal elections.
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In the Calder case, the Supreme Court held that aboriginal rights to land did exist, citing the 1763 Royal Proclamation.
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Quebec signs the James Bay agreement with Cree and Inuit communities, opening the way for new hydro projects.
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Changes to the Indian Act extend formal Indian status to the Metis, all enfranchised aboriginals living off reserve land and aboriginal women who had previously lost their status by marrying a non-aboriginal man
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper offers a formal apology on behalf of Canada over residential schools.