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The Indian Act became law, and Indigenous governments and other political process were replaced with elected or chosen Councils. Women were not included in such events
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Residential schools became the official government policy for teaching indigenous children. Residential schools took First Nations children from their families and friends to attend near and far schools, where many passed away and many more suffered
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The Indian Act banned events such as the potlatch, ghost dance, and sun dance. People were incarcerated doing them and their ceremonial materials were taken away. The effects of this are still felt to this day.
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The government could take lands from them without their consent and could also lease their land to settlers without the indigenous agreeing
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for no longer it was illegal for Indigenous Peoples to organize politically to fight for their rights. And performing cultural ideas was not illegal anymore
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It was not possible for the government to force people to give up their “Indian status” and lose their Indigenous rights anymore. In the past, First Nations people could lose their status through marriage,being a docter,etc. And before 1960, a person had to give up there Indian status in order to vote
