The farm instructor was late or not there and the farm equipment provided was often old or broken.
Why did having a farm instructor not work out?
100
Ownership of land.
What is the most important benefit to newcomers?
100
A law passed by the Canadian government in 1876.
What is The Indian Act?
100
The Indian agent gave out the passes and permits.
Who gave out the passes and permits?
200
A medicine chest.
What was given to each reserve to help with the health of First Nations people?
200
More job opportunities to make a good living.
What did having their own land provide for the newcomers?
200
It was designed to control First Nations people and take away their culture and language.
Why was the Indian Act law passed?
200
They needed a pass to leave the reserve for any reason.
What did the First Nations people need a pass for?
300
A schoolhouse on the reserve.
What educational benefit was given to each reserve?
300
Opportunities to live in an uncrowded, clean and unpolluted environment.
What was a healthy benefit to the newcomers?
300
The First Nations people could no longer sell anything without permission, leave the reserve without permission, vote or practice their culture.
What did the Indian Act stop the First Nations people from doing?
300
They needed a permit to:
sell cattle and grain,
sell a load of hay, firewood, lime, charcoal,
sell produce grown on the Reserve;
and buy groceries or clothes.
What did the First Nations people need a permit for?
400
The right to keep their own way of life in hunting, fishing and trapping.
What is a benefit to the First Nations people that has to do with providing food?
400
Men were not forced to serve in the military.
What is a newcomer's benefit that has to do with war?
400
They were sent to day or residential schools.
What happened to First Nations children after the Indian Act was passed.
400
The First Nations person would be classified as a criminal and would most likely be imprisoned.
What happened if a First Nations person was off of the Reserve without a Pass?
500
$5.00 a year.
What is the amount of money that each person in the tribe was given?
500
Freedom of movement.
What is a benefit that meant newcomers could move to a new town or farm?
500
A school where the First Nations children had to live.
What is a residential school?
500
It was very hard to get a permit because the Indian agent was often unavailable or one had to wait a long time.