The Indian Act 1876

The Act Itself

100

This system of land distribution was devised as part of the Indian Act

The Reserve System

200

when an indigenous person married a non-indigenous person, which spouse would lose status?

The Wife

300

This is ceremony prominent among First Nations on the West Coast. It was banned under the Indian Act

Potlatch

400

This individual was in charge of enforcing specific parts of the act on reserves, such as renaming individuals and families

The Indian Agent

500

After this many days off the reserve, an individual could lose their status

30

People

100

He was Prime Minister of Canada in 1969 and issued a White Paper to review and consider abolishing the Indian Act

Pierre Trudeau

200

He represented the "Indian Association of Alberta" and was the lead author of a rebuttal to the 1969 White Paper

Harold Cardinal

300

Author of "21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act"

Bob Joseph

400

Jean Chretien, later Prime Minister, held this position in Pierre Trudeau's cabinet in the late 1960s

Minister of Indian Affairs

500

A statue of him was removed from Toronto, and a prominent Canadaian University bearing his name was renamed, due largely to his involvement in administering residential schools

Egerton Ryerson

Random

100

This statue was removed in Halifax in 2018, largely due to his issuing of a "scalping proclamation" in the 18th century

Edward Cornwallis

200

Residential Schools were funded by the government, but not run by the government. That was outsourced to these organizations...

Various denominations of Christian churches

300

The Department of Indian Affairs is primarily tasked with administering the Indian Act. The Department is now referred to as...

Indigenous & Northern Affairs

400

Issued in 1969 the Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy became better known as this

The White Paper

500

The Indian Association of Alberta issued this rebuke and rebuttal to the government's White Paper

Citizens Plus (aka the Red Paper)

Concepts

100

This was a manifest goal of the Indian Act and Residential Schools

Assimilation 

200

This term specifically refers to giving indigenous individuals Canadian citizenship and removing their Indian Status

Enfranchisement 

300

A Major criticism of the Indian Act is that is described as inherently this, meaning that authority figures—like the government —restricts the freedom or autonomy of indigenous peoples to supposedly promote their best interests. 

Patriarchal or Paternalistic

400

These two categories of Indigenous peoples identified in the Canadian Constitution are NOT subject to the Indian Act

Inuit & Metis