The Indian Act
What year was the Indian Act passed by the Canadian parliament?
1876
What is a group of people united by common ancestors, history, culture, or language?
Nation
What was the most important part of the treaties for colonial signers of the treaties?
The written agreement
Who are you honoring when you wear an orange shirt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?
Survivors of residential schools and their families
What is agreement made by states or nations that they will end a war called?
Treaty
In what year did the Supreme Court make the Marshall decision?
1999
Who wrote the Indian Act?
The Canadian government
Who are the people whose history and culture is tied to the Arctic?
Innuit
What was the most important part of the treaties for First Nation signers of treaties?
the verbal agreement
What could you do concerning language to help with reconciliation?
Learn greetings in Wolastoqey & Mi’kmaw
AND/OR
promote the use of these languages
What is Turtle Island?
North America
What is the difference between the food fishery and the commercial fishery for the Mi'kmaq people?
Answer doesn't have to be exact but should show:
-food fishery is for food, social, and/or ceremonial purposes
-commercial fishery is for profit
What was the goal of the Indian Act?
To control and/or remove Indigenous people
What are the first inhabitants of a territory that has been colonized by another country called?
Indigenous People
What did the Wabanaki peoples agree to in the Peace & Friendship treaties?
to share the land
What celebration could you attend in the summer to support reconciliation?
A powwow
What are descendants of European fur traders and First nations people called?
Métis
Who is the man who was wrongly convicted of murder, spent 11 years in jail, was released and then was arrested for exercising his treaty right to fish?
Donald Marshall Junior
Who did the Indian Act apply to?
Indigenous people with "Indian Status"
Who are the indigenous people who live around what used to be called the Saint John River watershed?
Wolastokuk
What are one of the two rights were the Wabanaki guaranteed in the treaties?
Hunting and/or fishing
What can you do with the Truth and Reconciliation Committee's 94 calls to action to help support reconciliation?
Hold yourself and others and the government accountable for them
How long have Indigenous people inhabited New Brunswick?
Since time immemorial
Why did the use of the term "moderate livelihood" by the Supreme Court in the Marshall decision create so much confusion?
Answer does not have to be exact but must show that the Supreme Court did not define what it meant so it created confusion about how much the Mi'kmaq people could fish and sell.
Who wasn't governed by the Indian Act? (three)
Inuit, Metis and non-status Indigenous people
Who are the largest and most varied group who has lived in North America since the beginning of time?
What is First Nations?
What did the Wabanaki people never give up their rights to in the Peace and Friendship treaties?
the land
Who would you contact about issues that disproportionately affect Indigenous people?
Elected representative
Who are the People of the Dawn, the first on Turtle Island to see grandfather sun and welcome creation?
Wabanaki
What happened to Marilyn Francis's traps when she exercised her treaty right to fished for lobster without a license or tags?
Answer does not have to be exact but should explain that the Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) seized her traps