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Population

As of 2018, the population of our First Nation was approximately To become enfranchised meant
426 people. This population only includes Status Indians. Status that the individual had to give
up their status and their treaty
Indian refers to someone whose parents are of First Nations
rights in order to do many
ancestry and whose birth has been registered with CIRNAC.
things such as serving in the
There may be other members of our First Nation who are not army or buying land outside
registered, resulting in a larger population than the registration of the reserve. This was the
practice from the early to
list shows.
the middle part of the 1900s.
The government considered
Who may or may not be “status” is troubling for many First
enfranchised people to have
Nations people because it allows the government to determine
become non-Indigenous. For
who belongs. In our community, there are members who were instance, until 1960, Status
born without status and gained it, and there are members who Indians could not vote in
municipal, provincial, or federal
were born with status, lost status through enfranchisement, and
elections without enfranchising.
regained it when the Indian Act changed in 1985 (see page 70 of
In 1960, all Status Indians
the Resources section for details of these changes). were given the right to vote.
The policy and practice of
enfranchisement was formally
Where Our People Live stopped in 1985.

135 Members living Our population includes
people who live on our
on-territory
territory and people who live
in other First Nation and
291 non-Indigenous communities.
In addition, 45 non-members
Members living and non-Indigenous people
off-territory live on our territory.

Who may or may not

be “status” is troubling for

many First Nations people…

Ogemawahj Community Book 6
ISBN: 9780176874971

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