Canada's management of Indian affairs differed from that of the United States in that __________________.
A) the Royal Mounted Police adopted a more aggressive stance against Indian resistance to acculturation
B) Canada granted Indians the rights of British subjects and proceeded more slowly in attempting to acculturate them
C) the Canadian government treated Indian tribes as foreign nations
D) Canada outlawed intermarriage between whites and Indians

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Canada granted Indians the rights of British subjects and proceeded more slowly in attempting to acculturate them. This approach was in contrast to the United States, which tended to adopt a policy of forced assimilation and removal of Indian tribes from their ancestral lands. The Royal Mounted Police in Canada did work to enforce policies related to Indian affairs, but they were not as aggressive as their US counterparts. Canada did not treat Indian tribes as foreign nations, although they did have a certain degree of autonomy and self-government within the larger Canadian political system. Finally, Canada did not have a law that specifically outlawed intermarriage between whites and Indians.

Canada's Management of Indian Affairs Differed from That of the United