Indigenous Territories

Territory

100

Eeyou Istche is located in this part of Quebec 

The James Bay area

200

Eeyou Istchee is home to this Indigenous nation 

Cree

300

Eeyou Istchee is very far north, which means there is a lack of what

Jobs

400

Products are more expensive in Eeyou Istchee because of this 

Very far north and it takes a lot of time and money to transport goods

500

For a territory to be Indigenous, it has to be recognized by the government, have Indigenous people living there, and this 

Self-governance 

Residential Schools

100

This law from the Canadian government created residential schools 

The Indian Act

200

Survivors remember those who died and suffered from residential schools every year on this day

Orange shirt day 

300

Residential schools needed to include cemeteries on the grounds because of this 

Indigenous children were dying because of the conditions and abuse 

400

After they left the residential schools, many Indigenous people suffered from this, which was passed down to their children 

Generational trauma

500

This was the Canadian government's goal for the residential school system

To assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture and to destroy their Indigenous culture 

Culture

100

These activities are very important to the Indigenous way of life, and follow the same techniques their ancestors used 

Hunting, fishing, and trapping 

200

Why do the Cree celebrate a coming out ceremony 

To celebrate a child's first steps outside and into the community 

300

The Cree are governed by this

Band councils

400

This is a holiday where Cree families go hunting for geese. 

Goose break

500

Before they lived of reserves, Indigenous people were this

Nomadic

Natural Resources

100

This airline is 100% Cree owned, after they bought the entire company, in what was then the biggest commercial deal by any Indigenous group in Canada 

Air Creebec

200

The Cree need and should get this in order to properly benefit from their natural resources 

Control and decision-making power

300

These are two of the biggest natural resources in Eeyou Istchee 

Water and lumber 

400

This is a demand made by an Indigenous group to recover a piece of land or to exercise a right 

A claim

500

This was the first modern land claim agreement in Canada

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement 

History

100

This group of people came to North America in the 16th century and colonized it 

The Europeans 

200

The Indigenous people would trade furs with the Europeans in exchange for this

Guns and other new products

300

The Indian act forced Indigenous people to live on these

Reservations

400

This is when the last residential school closed 

The late 1990s (1997)

500

Canada was founded in this year

1867