Question 20 of 33

How well do you know the Inuit? Which of these statements is true?

The Inuit are exempt from income tax.
The Inuit also consider themselves members of the First Nations.
The Inuit gained the right to vote in federal elections in 1950.
The Inuit have not experienced assimilation policies like First Nations peoples.

As of 1950, the Inuit would be explicitly excluded from Indian Act jurisdiction, which is why, unlike First Nations people living on reserve, the Inuit pay consumer and income tax. The federal government granted the Inuit the right to vote in 1950, while First Nations members obtained it 10 years later.

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Dealing With Different Rights
The Specific Case of the Inuit