Vocabulary
Affirm
accept or confirm the validity of something
The attitude or way of thinking that led to the Indian Act being created.
What is ethnocentrism?
Metis people have a mixed ancestry of.....
First Nations and European
What are they and what do they protect?
Rights given to specific groups which protect the groups identity or interests
Numbered treaties were agreements made between the Canadian government and ______
First Nations people
Assimilate
What is a larger culture absorbing and destroying a larger culture?
3 things the act forced First Nations people to do
government permission to wear traditional clothing and leave reserves, banned ceremonies, prevented democratic participation unless giving up status as Indigenous
In the past, there was an important difference between _____ Metis and _____ Metis
French Metis and Anglo Metis
Groups that recieve collective rights (be specific)
First Nations, Metis, Inuit, Francophones, Anglophones
Scrip was given to
Metis people
Ethnocentrism
What is one culture believing they are superior to all other cultures?
First Nations perspective on the Indian Act
A way the government controlled and restricted their way of life
Before 1812, Metis people were
Fur traders, buffalo hunters, tripmen
The protection of the minority groups with the protection of individual rights
The Numbered Treaties have their roots in
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
Sovereignty
What is a state that has ultimate authority over a territory?
individuals responsible for supervising and running reserves
Indian Agent.
Metis were concerned about Canada buying Rupert's land because...
Canada didn't recognize them as Indigenous and wasn't willing to give them any collective rights. They feared they might lose their way of life.
Why do we have collective rights?
Without collective rights, certain things important to preserving the way of life for minority groups could be difficult to maintain. Collective rights allow these minority languages, identities, and ways of living to be passed on and continued without being overshadowed by the majority.
The Red River Rebellion played an important role in pushing the Canadian government to pass the ____________ Act
Manitoba
Annuity
What is a series of payments of the same amount made in equal time intervals?
How the Indian Act is used today
A way to provide treaty rights to treaty people. The act now is a way to provide collective rights made in historic and modern agreements between the government and Indigenous people.
Why was bilingualism and important aspect in the creation of Manitoba?
There was still major differences between French Metis and Anglo Metis, bilingualism granted rights to both parties such as education rights which protected their interests.
How do collective rights build a relationship between the Canadian government and it's citizens?
They protect and affirm the identities of the groups that receive them. It demonstrates that effort is put into recognizing that the needs of the minority are important and valuable to preserve.
The government was motivated to create these two things because they wanted to assimilate First Nations people
Numbered Treaties, The Indian Act