Treaties & INDG Rights
What rights were guaranteed to First Nations peoples in Treaties 6, 7, and 8? (there are 5)
Education, hunting and fishing rights, farming assistance and healthcare.
Which Charter rights are linked to the Court Challenges Program?
Equality Rights, Official Languages of Canada Rights, and Minority-Language Educational Rights.
Which organizations work to protect workers’ rights such as pay equity?
Labour unions
These were agreements meant to establish peaceful coexistence between First Nations and the Crown.
Numbered Treaties
What rights did Alberta legislation grant the Métis in 1990?
The right to manage their own affairs, a permanent land base, and rights to develop oil and gas.
What does the Indian Act guarantee from the perspective of the Canadian government?
Collective rights for Indigenous peoples.
Which group did the Manitoba Act apply to?
Métis
This term refers to yearly payments promised to First Nations under several treaties.
Annuities
Why do First Nations disagree with the claim that they “gave up” their land under the Treaties?
Because the Treaties stated that land would be shared with settlers.
What did the 1982 legislation accomplish regarding the Métis?
Including the Métis as one of Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
These two languages are guaranteed equal legal status within Canada’s federal institutions.
English and French
This federal law controlled the lives of Indigenous peoples for more than a century, including banning ceremonies like the potlatch.
Indian Act
Is it true that Bill 101 was created by Quebec to express and strengthen Francophone identity?
True
What did governments recognize when acknowledging Métis rights?
Unique identity and inherent rights of Métis peoples.
Supreme Court rulings often affirm these rights to ensure French communities outside Quebec can access education and services.
Minority-language rights