DCHP-3

off-the-act Indian

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an Indian who is not classed as a registered Indian, and to whom the Indian Act does not apply.

Quotations

1958
A small group of off-the-Act Indians and people of mixed descent lives off the reserve but find acceptance only in Indian society.