Canadian Geography
The Indian Act
Residential Schools
The Sixties Scoop
The TRC
100
Name the 3 territories
Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut
100
When did the Indian Act begin?
1876
100
When did Residential Schools start and end?
(100 bonus: which province had the last one? - 400 bonus: which province had the first one?)
1831 (Ontario) - 1996 (Saskatchewan)
100
What is the farthest sixties scoop kids were taken in the world?
New Zealand and Botswana (Africa)
100
When was the TRC created? (100 bonus - what was the exact date?)
June 1, 2008
200
Name the 10 provinces
BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
200
When did the Indian Act end?
It didn't!
200
Which bible story is similar to indigenous children's experience at the schools?
Samson
200
What year did the government give money to 60s scoop survivors and how much money was it? (100 bonus: which Prime Minister gave it?)
2017, $750 million, Justin Trudeau
200
How many calls are in the TRC? Name one from your project.
94
300
Label our countries Capital
Ontario: Ottawa
300
What was added to the Indian Act in 1885? (extra 100: what did this say Indigenous people needed/had to do?)
The Pass System
300
What is a long term consequence of residential schools that has to do with the students schooling/education?
It wasn't really educational making it hard to get jobs as adults
300
The Sixties Scoop and Residential Schools are known as cultural what? What does this mean?
Cultural Genocides - The mass killing of culture
300
When was the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation?
September 30, 2021
400
Label the prairie capitals
Alberta: Edmonton; Saskatchewan: Regina; Manitoba: Winnipeg
400
Indigenous communities are run differently than settler communities in that they are matriarchies. Because of this, what rule in the Indian Act was seen as incredibly hurtful?
Women lost indian status if they married a non-indigenous man, but men didn't lose their status if they married a non-indigenous woman
400
Around the 50s, Residential Schools stopped being schools and turned more into what?
Boarding houses - kids would be bussed to proper schools during the day
400
In 1964, how many indigenous children were under the child protective service in BC? How many were therein 1951?
1466 and 25
400
How many sections are in the TRC (more than 20)? Name 5.
22
Child Welfare, Education, More Education, Culture, Health, Justice, UND on the Rights of Indigenous People, Royal Proclamation, Settlement Agreements, Fair Laws, Council of Reconciliation, Training Government Workers, Churches, Youth Groups, Museums/Archives, Missing Children/Burials, Centre of T and R, Remembering, Media, Sports, Business, and Newcomers
500
Label all maritime captials
New Brunswick: Fredricton; Nova Scotia: Halifax; PEI: Charlottetown
500
Explain what Treaty 6 did?
It created reserves with the lie that Indigenous land wouldn't be taken completely, but instead be shared with settlers
500
Who apologized for Residential Schools in the federal government and when? (100 bonus for the exact date)
Stephen Harper: June 11, 2008
500
What made it easier for CPS to find and take Indigenous children during the 60s scoop?
The Indian Act - many children were still living on reserves
500
Where was the first national event to raise awareness about the TRC and when?
Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2010 (also first province to apologize for 60s scoop in 2015)