What is the history of this website? 

The Administrative Empire began as a personal research project into the laws, policies, maps, classifications, and bureaucratic systems that shaped Indigenous life in Canada.

Over time, it became clear that these documents were not just background history. They were the machinery of administration. They defined who belonged, who could move, who could own land, who could access family, who could be educated, and who could be recognized.

This site was created to gather those receipts in one place: legislation, reports, correspondence, maps, court cases, policies, and records that show how administration became one of the central tools of colonial power.

It is part archive, part critique, part public education project, and part reminder that paperwork has consequences.