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Members of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation burn a copy of the Indian Act in April 2011 after signing the Maa-nulth Final Agreement, which restored self-government to the First Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How Canada used the Indian Act to target Indigenous leaders

Amy Swiffen, Concordia University; Keith Cherry, University of Victoria, and Kris Millett, Mount Saint Vincent University

Section 141 of the act was used to surveil and intimidate Indigenous leaders and weaken Indigenous political organizing.

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