Quote: (03-08-2018 04:29 AM)frozen-ace Wrote:
Are you by chance enrolled in a First Nations band? If so, let’s take a little walk through history-
-Treaty of Paris in 1783 ends the Revolutionary War, but many of the details between the newly independent states and the remaining British territory goes unresolved.
- In 1794 John Jay negotiated the Jay Treaty with the British to tie up the loose ends from the Treaty of Paris, and part of this treaty speaks to the free movement of Indians on either side of the border. This treaty provision is still in force today.
There’s a bunch of history since then but it’s not really important. What is important is that under the Jay Treaty of 1794 it is your right to freely cross the US border without a passport, and it is also your right to live and work in the United States (and vice versa for US Indians going to Canada).
If you aren’t enrolled in a band...well now you learned some interesting history!
I carry a card from the Metis Nation of British Columbia. I will look into this.