Ingenious Indigenous
Marvelous Métis
Charitable China
Indefatigable India
Sensational Significant Figures
100
This Indigenous group fought to protect their lands from a road being built through their territory by Alfred Waddington.
What is the Tsilhqot'in Nation?
100
The names of the two Métis resistance movements.
What were, Red River Resistance and NorthWest Resistance?
100
This discriminatory policy required Chinese immigrants to pay a fee to enter Canada.
What was the head tax?
100
The name of the ship that migrants were trapped on for months before being sent home under threat of violence.
What was, the Komagata Maru?
100
This man, a Métis leader, led two resistance movements and is often called the “Father of Manitoba".
Who was, Louis Riel?
200
After militias of American miners appeared on his doorstep, Chief Spintlum asked his people to do this.
What was, negotiate Peace?
200
The document presented by Louis Riel during the Red River Resistance became part of the Manitoba Act.
What is, the List of Rights?
200
This 1923 law banned Chinese immigration to Canada altogether.
What was, the Exclusion Act?
200
The year of the Komagata Maru incident.
When was, 1914?
200
Known for his attempts to de-escalate violence in the Fraser Canyon War, this governor negotiated early treaties on Vancouver Island.
Who was, James Douglas?
300
This Canadian conflict resulted in the execution of six Indigenous leaders who declared, “we meant war, not murder.”
What is, The Tsilhqot'in War?
300
This final battle of the Northwest Resistance led to Louis Riel’s surrender to Canadian forces.
What was, The Battle of Batoche?
300
This Vancouver-based organization campaigned to keep Canada white and often targeted Chinese Canadians.
What was, the Asiatic Exclusion League?
300
This Canadian regulation required immigrants to arrive in Canada directly from their home country without any stops.
What was, the Continuous Journey Regulation?
300
A prominent figure in Red River, she resisted racism by challenging local leaders and is known for her bold public protest, with a whip.
Who was, Annie Bannatyne?
400
This deadly disease, brought by European settlers, devastated the Tsilhqot’in nation and other Indigenous groups.
What was, smallpox?
400
Why did the river lot system directly clash with the square-grid survey system brought in by Canadian officials during the Red River Resistance?
The river lot system protected traditional Métis settlement patterns and access to the river, while the grid system ignored those patterns and threatened to break up communities and land ownership.
400
This was one major reason the government chose a Head Tax instead of an immediate ban on Chinese immigration in the 1880s.
They still wanted Chinese labour for big projects like the CPR.
400
The religion of the migrants aboard the Komagata Maru.
What was, Sikh?
400
This Tsilhqot’in chief was executed by Canadian forces, declaring that he “meant war, not murder.”
Who was, Tsihlqot'in Cheif, Klatsassin?
500
In the 19th century, this proclamation required that only the Crown could negotiate treaties with Indigenous nations to settle their land.
What is, the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
500
What does the infinity symbol on the Métis flag represent?
The blending of European and First Nations cultures.
500
This park became the main meeting place for Asian communities after the riot.
What is Oppenheimer Park
500
Indian migrants on the Komagata Maru believed they could enter Canada because of this legal connection.
What is, their British Commonwealth Citizenship?
500
This organizer chartered a ship to challenge unfair immigration laws by proving that British subjects from India should be allowed to enter Canada.
Gurdit Singh (Komagata Maru)