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A Cultural History of Canada


Mar 20, 2022

In which Mack gets mad as we go through the context and major parts of the infamous piece of Canadian legislation. Topics include the White Man's Burden, racism, racism, sexism, and racism.

Cover caricature by Dale Cummings.

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Further Reading:

  • “History Of The Indian Act (Part One)”, Saskatchewan Indian, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 1978, pp. 4-5.
  • Indian Act, 1876, https://nctr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1876_Indian_Act_Reduced_Size.pdf
  • Kelm, Mary-Ellen, and Keith D. Smith. Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories. University of Toronto Press, 2018.
  • Titley, Brian. “Indian Act.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.