Treaties & Agreements
What are historic agreements made between First Nations and the Crown?
What are Numbered Treaties?
This 1876 law still affects First Nations in Canada.
What is the Indian Act?
These two groups are considered official language groups in Canada.
Who are Anglophones and Francophones?
Métis are one of these three groups recognized as Indigenous peoples.
What are First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?
The rights that protect groups, not just individuals, are called this.
What are collective rights?
These treaties were made with the intent of sharing the land.
What is the spirit and intent of the treaties?
The Indian Act originally banned this traditional cultural ceremony.
What is the potlatch?
This section of the Charter guarantees minority language education rights.
What is Section 23?
Métis rights were first recognized in this modern legal document.
What is the Constitution Act of 1982?
Collective identity is often expressed through shared ____.
What are language, culture, and traditions?
This law required the Crown to consult with Indigenous groups.
What is Section 35 of the Constitution Act (1982)?
The Act controls this aspect of Indigenous governance.
What is band leadership/elections?
This province passed Bill 101 to protect French.
What is Quebec?
Métis fought in this famous resistance led by Louis Riel.
What is the Red River Resistance?
This group in Quebec has used legislation to protect their identity.
Who are Francophones?
The Numbered Treaties promised these 3 main things.
What are education, health care, and reserve land?
Originally, the Act tried to force First Nations to do this.
What is assimilate?
This federal law made English and French equal in Parliament and the government.
What is the Official Languages Act?
Métis land claims often relate to this historical document.
What is scrip?
Laws that protect collective rights support this kind of society.
What is a pluralist society?
Treaty 6 included this unique provision.
What is the medicine chest clause?
The Act defines who has this official status.
What is Indian Status?
Bill 101 requires that this is the primary language on signs in Quebec.
What is French?
In 2003, this court case affirmed that Métis have rights under Section 35.
What is the Powley case?
This Charter of Rights and Freedoms section affirms collective rights.
What is Section 25?