"status Indian" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: status Indians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} status Indian (plural status Indians)
  1. (Canada, law) An Indigenous (First Nation, Métis or Inuit) person of Canada registered under the Indian Act and enjoying special rights not otherwise provided to other Indigenous people Tags: Canada Translations (legal category of Indigenous people in Canada): Indien inscrit [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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