1500 – Colonization (as far back as 1493 with Papal Bull) Indian Act consolidated & imposed legislation
1850 – Started to negotiate/refine territory boundaries
1867 – British North America Act
1874 – Founding of the Dominion of Canada
1876 – Indian Act imposed
1870 – Residential Schools
1951 – Indian Act changes - Many changes
1985 - Indian Act Changes - C-31 Abolished Marrying Out; reinstatement of women
1969 – White Paper Policy on Assimilation and Rejection
1976 – 1st Modern Treaty – James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement
1982 – Repatriation of the Constitution
1982 – Protection of Aboriginal Treaty Rights, Section 35
1995 – Inherent Rights Policy (Self government Policy)
1996 - Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
1998 – 2nd Modern Treaty – Nisga’a Nation, British Columbia
2007 – United Nations Declaration of Indigenous People*
2016 – Canada recognizes UN Declaration of Indigenous People
2017 – Indian Act Change – S3 Rights -New Entitlements; correcting gender issues
2018-19 - Indian Act Change – Expansion of Eligibility
