I call bullshit on Jeff House.
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jeff house: "Pass laws" are laws which require an individual to reside in a reserve, and to obtain permission to work outside of the reserve.Canada has never had "pass laws." It has always been legally possible for native people to reside anywhere in Canada, and work there, too.
Even though they were illegal, Canada had a [b]pass system[/b] in the areas covered by Treaties 4, 6, and 7, from 1886 until the 1930's - as documented and demonstrated by many authors including Donald Purich in [i]Our Land: Native Rights in Canada.[/i] This pass system followed the rebellion in Batoche and served, among other purposes, to prevent Indians from participating in further uprisings.