theconversation.com/how-canada-used-the-indian-act-to-target-indigenous-leaders-250484 How Canada used the Indian Act to target Indigenous leaders
A 1927 law let Ottawa block Indigenous land claims before they reached court, and archival records show officials used it to spy on leaders, warn chiefs away from them and quietly kill legal fundraising, no charges required.
— via The Conversation — Canada, Amy Swiffen, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University
