Another reason to get rid of the Indian Act.  Changes to our government structure needs to be made in order to give Indigenous communities real political power.  They need to become governments like territories or provinces.  They need to have a claim on the Senate and Supreme Court in the same way Quebec does. Those areas served by treaties have been ill served by southern governments and the Indian Act only promises "bread and cheese".  These areas need to govern themselves and their resources, only then can  indigenous communities rise from the debasement imposed by Canada's colonial policies.