The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, also referred to as Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies governing First Nations and Canada's three northern territories.
The term "Indian" as referenced in the department's name refers to Status Indians defined by the Indian Act.
The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is the Honourable Andy Scott.
External link:
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Official Website (http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/index_e.html)
Indian and NorthernAffairsCanada and the Yukon government were jointly responsible for implementing the Devolution Transfer Agreement.
8.92 Indian and NorthernAffairs, in co-operation with the land claims agreements' beneficiaries and the territorial governments, is accountable to the Parliament of Canada, the territorial assemblies, and the agreements' recipients for managing the federal responsibilities under the land claims agreements.
Indian and NorthernAffairsCanada has processes in place for managing its responsibilities for devolution to the Yukon and for the implementation of land claims agreements for the Inuit of Nunavut and the Gwich'in of the Northwest Territories, and
Indian and NorthernAffairsCanada (INAC), formerly the Department of IndianAffairs and Northern Development (DIAND), was established in 1966 to replace the Department of NorthernAffairs and National Resources.
The thrust of the NorthernAffairs Program is to implement northern aboriginal land claims, encourage more diversified and private sector economic development, achieve the transfer of provincial-type responsibility to the territorial governments, and promote environmental awareness and sustainable development.
Together these programs help INAC focus on its main aims of aboriginal self-government, economic development for aboriginal people, a better quality of life in Indian and Inuit communities, better management of Native land and monies, and Northern development.
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