加拿大原住民大会全国酋长辛迪·伍德豪斯·内皮纳克表示，在上周举行的一次里程碑式会议上，唯一提出废除《印第安法》的领导人是曼尼托巴省省长瓦布·基内和总理马克·卡尼。卡尼在会后表示，这一想法是由在场的酋长们提出的。
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the only leaders to discuss abolishing the Indian Act during a landmark meeting last week were Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney said after the meeting that the idea was raised by chiefs in the room.
基内是安尼西纳比人，他在渥太华举行的这场联邦、省和原住民领导人历史性聚会上呼吁废除该法案。
Kinew, who is Anishinaabe, called for the act to be abolished during the historic gathering of federal, provincial and First Nations leaders in Ottawa.
《印第安法》可追溯至1876年，赋予渥太华对原住民社区和人民广泛的权力，包括决定谁符合身份资格以及保留地可以和不可以做什么的权力。
The Indian Act, which dates back to 1876, gives Ottawa sweeping powers over First Nations communities and people, including the authority to decide who qualifies for status and what reserves can and can't do.
基内和卡尼都表示，修改或废除《印第安法》的想法是由在场的一些酋长提出并支持的。原住民大会全国酋长伍德豪斯·内皮纳克周二表示，这并不属实。
Both Kinew and Carney said the idea to change or abolish the Indian Act was raised and supported by some chiefs in the room. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said on Tuesday that that's not true.
伍德豪斯·内皮纳克说，酋长们更关注他们称威胁其权利的重大项目立法，而当基内和卡尼发表讲话时，那些谈话“被搁置一旁”了。
Woodhouse Nepinak said the chiefs were focused more on the major projects legislation they say threatens their rights, and that those conversations "went to the wayside" when Kinew and Carney made their remarks.
总理在会后表示，他“对这一想法非常开放”，但后来又说《印第安法》可以改革，而不必废除。
The prime minister said after the meeting that he was "very open to" the idea but later said the Indian Act could be reformed rather than abolished.
卡尼当时说：“不是所有人，但其他与会者提出了这种愿望。所以，这已经从正确的起点开始了，因为不是联邦政府决定应该做什么，而是在回应请求。”
"Not everybody, but other participants raised the desirability. So, it's already starting from the right place in that it's not the federal government deciding something should be done. It's responding to a request," Carney said at the time.
联邦原住民事务部长曼迪·古尔-马斯蒂办公室的一位发言人周五在一份电子邮件声明中表示，基内并不是会上唯一提出改革或废除《印第安法》可能性的人。
A spokesperson for federal Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's office said in an emailed statement Friday that Kinew was not the only person to raise the possibility of reforming or removing the Indian Act at the meeting.
“由于会议是闭门举行的，提供谈话细节的更多具体信息将是不恰当的，”利维·麦克埃尔雷亚说。
"As the meeting was held behind closed doors, it would be inappropriate to provide more specificity on the details of the conversation," Livi McElrea said.
曼尼托巴省省长在与酋长们的历史性会晤中对总理表示：“是时候废除《印第安人法》了” 首民族酋长称就废除《印第安人法》进行对话“很健康” 虽然首民族酋长普遍认为该法律已过时且具有限制性，但在是否应予废除以及何物可取而代之的问题上，共识寥寥。
'Time to abolish the Indian Act,' Manitoba premier tells PM in historic meeting with chiefs 'Healthy' to have conversation on abolishing Indian Act, First Nation chief says While First Nations chiefs generally agree the law is outdated and restrictive, there is little consensus on whether it should be repealed and what might take its place.
首民族领袖大体支持改变《印第安人法》确定谁符合印第安人身份资格的规则。联邦政府尚未承诺修改这些规则。
First Nations leaders broadly support changing the rules on how the Indian Act determines who qualifies for status. The federal government has not committed to changing those rules.
历任总理曾试图改革或废除《印第安人法》，均以失败告终。1969年，让·克雷蒂安在成为总理前多年，担任皮埃尔·特鲁多政府的印第安事务部长时，推出了被称为“白皮书”的文件。
Previous prime ministers have tried and failed to reform or eliminate the Indian Act. In 1969, years before he became prime minister, Jean Chrétien introduced what was known as the White Paper when he was Indian Affairs minister in Pierre Trudeau's government.
该文件主张废除《印第安人法》、终止印第安人身份、将首民族人民作为普通加拿大公民吸纳、废除条约以及将保留地土地私有化。
The document called for the abolition of the Indian Act, an end to Indian status, the absorption of First Nations people as ordinary Canadian citizens, the termination of treaties and the privatization of reserve lands.
该提议遭到首民族领袖的广泛抵制，哈罗德·卡迪纳尔和阿尔伯塔印第安人协会在其中发挥了带头作用。他们指责克雷蒂安的计划具有同化主义性质，并警告这将导致他们的文化被抹除。
The proposal received widespread pushback from First Nations leaders, led in part by Harold Cardinal and the Indian Association of Alberta. They called Chrétien's plan assimilationist and warned it would lead to the erasure of their cultures.
奥尼翁莱克克里族酋长表示：首民族必须主导《印第安人法》改革 部分不列颠哥伦比亚省首民族领袖反对基内的呼吁 在古尔-马斯蒂办公室发出的电子邮件声明中，麦克雷亚表示，卡尼已承认《印第安人法》带有种族主义色彩，并认为有必要与首民族就其未来进行更广泛的对话。
First Nations must lead Indian Act reform, Onion Lake Cree Nation chief says Some First Nations leaders in B.C. push back against Kinew's calls In the emailed statement from Gull-Masty's office, McElrea said Carney has acknowledged the Indian Act is racist and that it's necessary to have a broader conversation with First Nations about its future.
目前已有政策规定，如果首民族决定退出《印第安人法》框架并迈向自治，可循此途径。
There are policies in place if a First Nation decides to opt out of the Indian Act and move toward self-government.
古尔-马斯蒂所在的社区——瓦斯瓦尼比克里族，即是在1975年《詹姆斯湾和北魁北克协议》下实行自治的社区之一——这是加拿大第一个现代土地权利主张协议，克雷蒂安在其中发挥了主导作用。
Gull-Masty's community, the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, is one of those self-governing communities under the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement — the first modern land claim in Canada, and one in which Chrétien played a leading role.
倡导者和议员指责卡尼政府在《印第安法》改革法案上拖延 梅蒂斯领袖谴责第一民族大会全国酋长在渥太华的言论 随着卡尼致力于与各省和原住民加快推进重大项目开发，关于改革或废除《印第安法》的讨论也随之而来。
Carney government is stalling on Indian Act reform bill, advocates, lawmakers charge Métis leaders condemn Assembly of First Nations national chief's remarks in Ottawa Talk of reforming or abolishing the Indian Act comes as Carney works to speed up development of major projects alongside the provinces and Indigenous people.
他政府的《建设加拿大法案》最初赋予渥太华绕过《印第安法》的权力，但应保守党和魁北克集团的呼吁，该条款已被删除。
His government's Building Canada Act initially gave Ottawa the power to sidestep the Indian Act, but that provision was removed in response to calls from the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois.