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First Nation Rights
Traditional Culture
People in the Federal Government
Government Terms
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A small area of land set aside for the use of First Nations groups
What is a reserve?
100
A large group of people from the same family, or who have a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
100
What the acronym M.P. stands for.
What is Member of Parliament?
100
The government that takes care of the whole country.
What is the Federal government?
100
This is what the Vuntut Gwitchen in Old Crow invested their money in.
What is Air North?
200
A word for what happened when the Europeans came over and tried to force the Aboriginal people to change to their way of life.
What is assimilation?
200
A term which replaced the word "Indian" in the early 1980s.
What is First Nation?
200
The leader of the party that has the most "seats," or elected Members of Parliament.
Who is the Prime Minister? Also, the leader of the country's government.
200
The kind of government where we vote for our leaders.
What is a democracy?
200
This First Nation has changed its school curriculum to include First Nation methodology and Elders in learning.
What is Carcross Tagish First Nation.
300
A written agreement between the Aboriginal people and the government.
What is a treaty?
300
Members of a First Nation who's life experience has given them special wisdom. They help children to learn about traditional knowledge and history.
Who are elders?
300
This person handles organizing the elections in a riding, including tallying the votes.
Who is the Returning Officer?
300
Conservative, NDP, Liberal and Green are four examples of this.
What are political parties?
300
The majority of self governing First Nations are located in this part of Canada.
Where is the Yukon?
400
A member of a nation who has the rights and responsibilities of everyone from that nation.
What is a citizen?
400
This is a word for how you would become chief or get a leadership position if a family member held the position before you.
What is inherit?
400
The Yukon's Member of Parliament.
Who is Ryan Leef?
400
This part of government takes a "second look," and reviews bills or laws before they are approved. Members are appointed for life.
What is the Senate?
400
Self governing First Nations are no longer under the control of this. (Hint: INAC)
What is the Indian Act?
500
An important part of Aboriginal life that the government permitted the people to perform as they had always done.
What are hunting and fishing?
500
How Aboriginal groups made decisions, with everyone in the group agreeing on what to do.
What is consensus?
500
A Member of Parliament who acts as "referee" and who only votes in the event of a tie.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
500
An electoral district in Canada, or an area where the people vote for a representative.
What is a riding?
500
For the benefit of their people, Kwanlin Dunn decided to put their energy into this.
What is health care?