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Displaying 56 - 60 of 162Songhees Indian Reserve Act (S.C. 1911, c. 24)
Article 1 of the present Act confirms the enclosed Agreement between the Government of the Dominion of Canada and the Government of the Province of British Columbia on the sale of the Songhees Indian Reserve. The Agreement lays down provisions relating to transfer and payment procedures. The present Act establishes that notwithstanding anything in the Indian Act, the whole of the amount payable to each head of an Indian family under the terms of the said Agreement may be paid in the manner therein provided.
Implements: Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5). (2015-04-02)
First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Self-Government Agreement.
An Agreement among the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun and the Government of Canada and the Government of the Yukon to establish the self-government of the First Nation Nacho Nyak Dun.
Split Lake Agreement.
The present Agreement is made between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Manitoba, as represented by the Minister of Northern Affairs, and the Split Lake Cree First Nation, as represented by Chief and Council, and the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board.
Ta'an Kwach'an Council Final Agreement.
The present Final Agreement between the Government of Canada, the Ta'an Kwach'an Council for the First Nation and the Government of the Yukon is made under section 35 of the Constitution of Canada and sets out the rights of the First Nation Ta’an Kwach’and its people and in particular ways in which the federal, territorial and First Nation governments interact.
Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act (S.C. 2008, c. 2).
The present Act approves the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement. “Agreement” means the Land Claims Agreement between the Nunavik Inuit and Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada, signed on December 1, 2006, including any amendments made to it. Section 7 establishes that for the purposes of carrying out their objectives, the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board, the Nunavik Marine Region Planning Commission and the Nunavik Marine Region Impact Review Board established by the Agreement each have the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person.