Application for Exemption to the Act March 20 1949

Under provisions in the Aboriginal Preservation and Protection Act of 1939, the director of Native Affairs can exempt “full bloods and superior half castes” from the legislation and grant them citizenship rights. However to do so, they have to adopt a white lifestyle and stay away from other Aboriginal people.

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