Who are the non-status Indians? The qualifications for Indian status are complex and have been revised several times throughout Canada's history, often as a result of court challenges.

The federal government has lost the latest battle in a 13-year legal fight over its responsibilities to Métis and non-status Indians. On Tuesday, the Federal Court ruled that 200,000 Métis and ...

Thursday's ruling is not a direct order to Ottawa to provide certain programs and benefits to the Métis and non-status Indians. But it may change the framework in which Ottawa deals with the ...

The recent federal court decision recognizing that Metis and non-status Indians in Canada are "Indians" under the Constitution Act could put the financial squeeze on the government, some experts say.

1. that Métis and non-status Indians are “Indians” as the term is used in s 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, 2. that the Queen owes a fiduciary duty to them as such, 3. and that they have the ...

Thanks to a single court decision, the federal government’s responsibilities for Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples have suddenly become a whole lot bigger. After more than 13 years of legal wrangling, the ...

The Matis are classic slash and burn agriculturalists and expert hunters. They live in the vast Vale do Javari Indigenous Park, an area of 32,000 sq miles (the size of Austria) in the far west of ...

Metis and non-status Indians declared 'Indians' under Constitution Act: court. OTTAWA - Thanks to a single court decision, the federal government's responsibilities for Canada's Aboriginal Peoples ...

In 2015, the Korubo split after an internal disagreement and a group of them separated from the tribe, moving to another part of the forest closer to the Matis, and they never had contact with ...

The Matis and many other tribes, including at least six uncontacted groups, live in the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon. Ninety percent of Indians in the area suffered from malaria in 2006.

Bushe Matis, president of Univaja, the main association for Indigenous peoples in the Javari Valley, ... "The Indians come here, the government doesn’t give them food, ...