<P> In 1885 an amendment to the Indian Act banned the Potlach ceremony of the West Coast peoples . The Potlatch ban drove traditional ceremonies underground . A similar amendment in 1895 banned the Sun Dance of the Plains peoples, which was not lifted until 1951 . </P> <P> A 1927 amendment (Section 141) forbid any first nation or band from retaining a lawyer for the purpose of making a claim against Canada, and further forbid them from raising money to retain a lawyer, on punishment of imprisonment . </P> <P> Section 87 exempts Indians from paying taxes on two types of property: (a) the interest of an Indian or a band in reserve lands or surrendered lands; and (b) the personal property of an Indian or a band situated on a reserve </P> <P> The rights exclusive to Indians in the Indian Act are beyond legal challenge under the Constitution Act, 1982 . Section 25 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms shall not be interpreted as negating Aboriginal, treaty or other rights of Canada's Aboriginal peoples . </P>

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