Timeline
Power of the Government over the Indian Act
EXTRA
What the Canadian Government did
The impact on Indigenous Peoples
100

The year the Indian Act was created

What is 1876?
100

The name of the schools that the government created

What are residential schools?

100

The creator of the Indian Act

Who is Alexander Mackenzie?

100

The things the government did not allow the First Nations to celebrate 

What are cultural traditions?

100

How did the Indian Act affect Indigenous cultures?

What is the banning of Indigenous languages, ceremonies, and traditions?

200

The year the Indian Act was passed as a law

 What is 1877?

200

The reason Indigenous children were sent to residential schools

What is becoming a European adult?

200

The year the British created the Indian Department, starting the thought of the Indian Act

What is 1755?

200

The schools the government supported and sent Indigenous children to

What are residential schools?

200

The harm residential schools did to Indigenous Communities

What is the separation of children from their families, causing abuse, trauma, and loss of culture?

300

The year the Indian Act was replaced by UNDRIP

What is 2010?

300

Why the government had so much power under the Indian Act?

What is the government having so much power that the law was written without First Nations agreeing to it?

300

What is a possible problem if the Indian Act suddenly ended?

What is confusion about land, money, and leadership rules that are based on the Indian Act

300

The people that residential schools affected

Who are First Nations? 

300

Why is the Indian Act considered harmful today?

What is a law that still limits Indigenous self-government and control over land and rights?

400

The PRECISE date the Indian Act was created

What is April 12 1876?

400

The reason the Indian Act is called the Indian Act

What is being called the Indian Act because the government made it to control First Nations, called "Indians".

400

What are some possible pros if the Indian Act suddenly ended?

What is equality of Indigenous Peoples

400

The people that governments sometimes excluded from the Act

What are women

400

What rights did the Indian Act limit for First Nations?

What are rights to self-government, land control, cultural practices, and decision-making?

500

The full name of UNDRIP

What is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

500

One of the PRECISE names of any residential school mentioned in the presentation lesson.

What is Mohawk Institute, Gordon Residential School, or Kivalliq Hall

500

The reason it's impossible to end the Indian Act today

What is the fact that some things like property and ruler laws still rely on the Indian Act today?

500

The things that happened when kids where often abused and/or neglected from Residential Schools

What is death of minors

500

Why might the Indian Act still exist today?

What is a law that remains in place to protect certain rights, such as reserve land and access to services, until a better system replaces it?

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