DCHP-2

off-reserve DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• adj. — Aboriginal (First Nations)

  a reference to Indians who do not live on a reserve, or to services provided for Indians or to activities engaged in by Indians outside reserves.

  Type: 4. Culturally Significant — The concept of the reserve is important in legal interpretations relating to the rights of the First Nations peoples. Chart 1 also demonstrates that off-reserve is most frequent in Canada.
  See COD-2, which labels the term "Cdn".

  See also: reserve  on-reserve  

  • 1964  For the most part, the provinces are in a better position than the federal government to provide the educational, health and welfare services so urgently needed on Indian reserves today. In this context, it should not be forgotten that many off-reserve Indians are also in need of special assistance. 
  • 1973  In October, Chief Joe Phillips and Mrs. Lorraine Montour, spokesmen for the Longhouse, expressed the fear that an off-reserve high school in nearby Chateauguay was ruining the pride of young Indians required to attend classes there. 
  • 1980  Oil-rich Alberta Indians, who complained they lost millions of dollars last year because of poor federal government interest rates, will be allowed to establish their own trust company, the first of its kind in this country. The company, run by the Samson band near Edmonton, will eventually "establish an investment portfolio in relation to on- and off-reserve enterprises," Dave Nicholson, assistant deputy minister of Indian affairs, said in an interview Wednesday. 
  • 1994  The leader of the Assembly of First Nations was commenting on protests over a Revenue Canada decision to remove an income tax exemption for thousands of status Indians earning off-reserve income. Protests were the wrong way, he said, we're taking this thing to court. 
  • 2005  The Federal Court of Canada ruled earlier this week that it violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for the Hartley Bay Band to prevent off-reserve members from participating in band elections. The precedent-setting ruling can now be applied to any Canadian First Nation that operates under its own custom elections code and doesn't allow off-reserve participation. 
  • 2016  Grace Conrad is the chief and president of the Native Council of Nova Scotia which represents the province's 25,000 off-reserve aboriginal people, the vast majority of whom are non-status.