Residential Schools
What was the name of the Legislation that created the residential Schools?
Indian Act
What is Colonialism?
When a dominant nation or country takes over/takes control of/influences a nation or country with less power.
When was the Canadian Charter of Rights created?
The Canadian Charter of Rights (and Freedom) came into effect on April 17 1982.
Does Indian Act still exist today?
Yes
Name two things that the residential schools forbade?
Answers will vary: language use, cultural traditions, religion etc.
When was the Indian Act created?
The Indian Act was first passed in 1876. It was various laws that concerned First Peoples.
Who signed off on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom?
Queen Elizabeth
When could the Indigenous people vote?
1960
On which of the Individual and Collective Rights within the Charter did the residential Schools infringe? Name them all.
Most of them
Legal, Democratic, Language Rights, Equality, Fundamental, Mobility
Were there any laws on the Indian Act regarding Farms?
Yes! The Laws about farms was the example we talked about in class.
Is this document still used today?
Yes
Which traditions of Indigenous peoples were banned?
Give examples.
religious, cultural etc.
Ex. dances and ceremonies - Tamanawas dances
When did the last residential School close in Saskatchewan?
1996 - Gordon Indian Residential School
What is 1 thing the Indian Act covered?
They were given numbers, laws, constitutions, legal document clearly defined and identified who Indians were
Name all individual Rights within the Charter, including Language Rights.
Democratic, Legal, Equality, Mobility, Fundamental Freedoms + Official Languages and Minority Education Rights
What are numbered treaties?
Post confederation Treaties - treaties signed between Canada's government and 3 groups of Indigenous peoples (Metis, First Nations, and Inuit)
What were government's goals with the residential schools? Use specific terms of Social Studies vocabulary we learned.
Assimilation of Indigenous population for political reasons - control over territories and land - removing children from home to assimilate them into European colonial culture
Colonization
What is the purpose of the Indian Act?
It imposed government control over all First People, covering many aspects of daily life and tried to assimilate them.
Why do we have laws or rules in Canada?
The Canadian legal system respects individual rights and ensures that our society is orderly.
How many treaties and reserves are there in Alberta?
Treaties 6,7, and 8
140 reserves