DCHP-2

on-reserve DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• adj. — Aboriginal (First Nations)

  pertaining to living and/or working on an Indian reserve.

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

  See also: reserve  off-reserve  

  • 1978  He says a stable work force of 25 to 30 is available and, with the tax advantages of being an Indian living on reserve, they would be cheaper to employ than a similar group of whites. 
  • 1989  In its first on-reserve election with off-reserve hype, the Musqueam Indian band has returned former chief Wendy Grant to replace Chief Ernie Campbell who recently resigned. 
  • 1999  The project proposals came from rural, urban, on-reserve and off-reserve aboriginal groups and were designed to respond to the unique needs of their individual communities and honor the cultures of aboriginal peoples. 
  • 2006  If elected, Scott said he would like to see Indian and Northern Affairs Canada examined to ensure First Nations receive the benefit of the department's $8 billion annual budget. "There are 500,000 on-reserve First Nations in Canada. If we deliver clean drinking water and other services, we have to look at where the money is going and who is benefiting from it," he said. 
  • 2016  Just imagine what might happen if a premier were to stand in the legislature and say: "Indigenous education is this government's highest education priority; on-reserve housing is our province's No. 1 housing problem; improving indigenous health surpasses all other health-care needs." Think of what might then get done.