Red River Roots
This man led the Red River Rebellion and beheaded the leader of the Scottish.
Who is Louis Riel
What is bilingual?
These protect all those who live within the land.
What are Treaties?
This is the Supreme Law of Canada.
What is the Constitution?
The Indian Act originally intended to do this.
What is Assimilation?
This group of people developed a unique culture combining Indigenous and European traditions, often connected to the Red River region.
Who is the Metis?
This province has the largest Francophone population in Canada.
What is Quebec?
These three numbered treaties cover most of Alberta.
What s Treaties 6, 7, and 8?
This Document protects the rights and freedoms of people in Canada.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This 1876 law gave the Canadian government control over many aspects of First Nations life.
What is the Indian Act?
This 1869–1870 conflict led by the Métis resulted in the creation of Manitoba.
What is the Red River resistance?
This bill helps primarily aims to promote French within Quebec.
What is Bill 101
One promise of Treaty 6 included supplies and medicine during times of famine or sickness.
What is the Medicine Chest?
This clause allows governments to limit Charter rights if the limits are reasonable and justified.
What is Section 1?
Under the Indian Act, the government decided who was officially recognized as this.
What is the Indian Status?
This 1982 constitutional change officially recognized the Métis as one of Canada’s Indigenous peoples
What is the constitution act?
This right allows people to receive federal government services in either English or French.
What are official language rights?
This amount is what was offered to the indigenous through annuities.
What is 5 Dollars?
This section guarantees equal protection under the law without discrimination.
What are equality rights?
This system divided First Nations land into smaller areas controlled by the federal government.
What are reseres?
These people were the Indigenous leaders in the North-West Resistance of 1885.
Who is Poundmaker, Big Bear and Wandering Spirit?
This bill, often critiqued, tightened the laws within bill 101.
What is Bill 96?
Many Indigenous peoples believe treaties were meant to last as long as these natural elements exist.
What are the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow?
This section of the Charter protects freedom of speech, religion, and peaceful assembly.
What are fundamental freedoms?
Until 1960, many First Nations people could not do this without giving up their legal status.
What is voting?