Abstract - Indian registration, membership and population change in First Nations communities

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Title: Indian registration, membership and population change in First Nations communities

Date: 2005

Author(s): Stewart Clatworthy

Abstract: The present study seeks to examine and classify First Nations membership codes; identify the nature of any changes to First Nations membership rules that have occurred since the time of initial adoption and reclassify these rules in light of these changes; provide 2002 and projected estimates of the populations eligible for First Nations membership and for Indian registration; and assess the implications of expected population changes for service provision to First Nations populations.

Subjects:

• Aboriginal Peoples & Communities