translate English to French: A 1973 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada was widely criticized when it held that this rule did not discriminate against women even though Indian men kept their status if they married non-Indians (see Jeannette LAVELL). Equality provisions in the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982, finally led government to amend these provisions.
Avant la Confédération, on promulgue des lois visant à protéger les terres autochtones dans le Haut-Canada et le Bas-Canada, en Nouvelle-Écosse, au Nouveau-Brunswick, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard et en Colombie-Britannique.