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John Alexander Macdonald was born [a] in Ramshorn parish in Glasgow, Scotland, on 10 January (official record) or 11 (father's journal) 1815. [b] [1] His father Hugh, an unsuccessful merchant, had married John's mother, Helen Shaw, on 21 October 1811. [2] John Alexander Macdonald was the third of five children.
The National Policy was a Canadian economic program introduced by John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party in 1876. After Macdonald led the Conservatives to victory in the 1878 Canadian federal election, he began implementing his policy in 1879. The protective policy had shown positive responses in the economy with new industries flourishing ...
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916), and Hayter Reed (1849–1936) were the three federal officials who were the "most prominent in the development and implementation of Indian policy" during this period. [1] Macdonald was Canada's first Prime Minister from 1867 until 1873 and had a second term from 1878 until 1891.
The Indian Act (French: Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. [3] [4] [a] First passed in 1876 and still in force with amendments, it is the primary document that defines how the Government of Canada interacts with the 614 First Nation bands in Canada and their members.
The British Columbia Indian Office, specifically the Indian Commissioner, I. W. Powell, had found the native peoples to be rich and hardy, but also found they appeared as if they were poor. [7] This finding led to further research on the subject of potlatches where it was found that to the Indigenous peoples of the region, the Potlatch was a ...
Macdonald in 1872. This article is the Electoral history of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada (1867 to 1873; 1878 to 1891). A Conservative, he was Canada's second longest-serving prime minister, with two separate terms as prime minister (1867–1873, 1878–1891). He won six general elections and lost one.
1876 The Indian Act, a Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves was first passed in 1876 and is still in force with amendments, it is the primary document which governs how the Canadian state interacts with the 614 Indian bands in Canada and their members. Throughout its long history the ...
Treaty 4 is a treaty established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nation band governments.The area covered by Treaty 4 represents most of current day southern Saskatchewan, plus small portions of what are today western Manitoba and southeastern Alberta. [1]