| The Constitution Act 1867, formally known as the British North America Act 1867 was an act of British Parliament that granted Canada self-government, set out how that government would operate and combined the Eastern Provinces into the Dominion of Canada. Section 91(24) of the Act vests exclusive authority in the federal parliament to legislate for Indians and lands reserved for Indians, and section 129 confirms that the Canadian Government is bound by Imperial legislation to protect Indian lands. Approximately 80 treaties with Native Nations had been signed by the English prior to passage of the North America Act, all of them validated and honored in law through this Act. |
