Territory
Eeyou Istche is located in this part of Quebec
The James Bay area
This law from the Canadian government created residential schools
The Indian Act
These activities are very important to the Indigenous way of life, and follow the same techniques their ancestors used
Hunting, fishing, and trapping
This airline is 100% Cree owned, after they bought the entire company, in what was then the biggest commercial deal by any Indigenous group in Canada
Air Creebec
This group of people came to North America in the 16th century and colonized it
The Europeans
Eeyou Istchee is home to this Indigenous nation
Cree
Survivors remember those who died and suffered from residential schools every year on this day
Orange shirt day
Why do the Cree celebrate a coming out ceremony
The Cree need and should get this in order to properly benefit from their natural resources
Control and decision-making power
The Indigenous people would trade furs with the Europeans in exchange for this
Guns and other new products
Eeyou Istchee is very far north, which means there is a lack of what
Jobs
Residential schools needed to include cemeteries on the grounds because of this
Indigenous children were dying because of the conditions and abuse
The Cree are governed by this
Band councils
These are two of the biggest natural resources in Eeyou Istchee
Water and lumber
The Indian act forced Indigenous people to live on these
Reservations
Products are more expensive in Eeyou Istchee because of this
Very far north and it takes a lot of time and money to transport goods
After they left the residential schools, many Indigenous people suffered from this, which was passed down to their children
Generational trauma
This is a holiday where Cree families go hunting for geese.
Goose break
This is a demand made by an Indigenous group to recover a piece of land or to exercise a right
A claim
This is when the last residential school closed
For a territory to be Indigenous, it has to be recognized by the government, have Indigenous people living there, and this
Self-governance
This was the Canadian government's goal for the residential school system
To assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture and to destroy their Indigenous culture
Before they lived of reserves, Indigenous people were this
Nomadic
This was the first modern land claim agreement in Canada
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Canada was founded in this year
1867