Everything about Indian And Northern Affairs Canada totally explained
The
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (
FIP:
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
French:
Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada,
DIAND) is the
department of the
government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to
First Nations of Canada and Canada's three
northern territories. The term "Indian" as referenced in the department's name refers to
Status Indians defined by the
Indian Act. The department is also responsible for the
Inuit and
Métis of Canada.
History
The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs has its origins in the
Department of the Interior, a body created by
John A. Macdonald for the purpose of administering the
Dominion Lands Act of 1872. When the Department of the Interior dissolved in 1936 (with the
Natural Resources Transfer Acts returning sovereignty over their own natural resources to the Prairie provinces), Indian Affairs fell under the purview of the
Department of Mines and Resources. However, the need for social and health-care services in the North led to the establishment of the Northern Administration and Lands branch in 1951, which led to the creation of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources in 1953. This became the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in 1966, which remains the department's legal name today. Under the
Federal Identity Program, the department is known as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Annual Arctic expeditions
Beginning in the early 20th century, the Canadian government sponsored annual expeditions to the Northern territories. These expeditions yielded extensive photographic documentation of the lives of Northern indigenous peoples by participating explorers, engineers, scientists and medical staff.
Explorer, photographer, filmmaker, writer and lecturer
Richard S. Finnie accompanied numerous expeditions to the North. His first voyage was aboard
CGS Arctic, under the command of
Captain Bernier in 1924. During the 1930–1931 expedition to the Western Arctic, Finnie served as filmmaker.
Lachlan T. Burwash, an exploratory engineer with the Department of the Interior, made a survey of the east coasts of
Hudson Bay and
James Bay, and the
Belcher Islands in the late 1920s.
Zoologist Joseph Dewey Soper travelled to the
Baffin Island (Qikiqtaaluk) region in the late 1920s in order to document the landscape, as well as the plant and bird life.
J.G. Wright, Superintendent of Eastern Arctic Patrol and
National Film Board photographer, served on the 1945–1946 expedition sponsored by the
Canadian Institute for the Blind. As the Regional Director of Family Allowances for the Yukon and Northwest Territories,
S.J. Bailey served as part of the
Eastern Arctic Patrol beginning in the late 1940s.
"The Nunavut Project"
With respect to the Inuit of
Nunavut, the department and its Minister have the challenge of implementing "The Nunavut Project." Authored by
Thomas Berger, this is a report of recommendations to increase Inuit participation in Nunavut's federal and territorial public service.
The
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is
The Honourable Chuck Strahl.
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