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→Who is an Aboriginal Person and why does it matter?
==Who is an Aboriginal Person and why does it matter?==
An Indian is a person registered as an Indian with the federal government under the ''[http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-5/ Indian Act]''. These people are called status Indians or registered Indians. Every Indian must apply for Indian status and show that they have a right to be registered based on factors in the Indian Act. It’s a complex process.
An amendment to the Canadian constitution in 1982 defined the Aboriginal peoples of Canada to include Indian, Inuit and Métis people.