Who Are Indigenous Peoples?
Indigenous Peoples in Canada are divided into these three groups
What are First Nations, Inuit, and Métis?
Land acknowledgements recognize these people as the original stewards of the land.
Who are Indigenous Peoples?
Government-funded, church-run schools that operated from the 1880s to 1996.
What are residential schools?
Reconciliation means rebuilding relationships between Indigenous Peoples and this country.
What is Canada?
Indigenous cultures place strong importance on these family members for guidance and knowledge.
Who are Elders?
This group primarily lives in Inuit Nunangat in Northern Canada
Who are the Inuit?
Toronto is covered by this treaty.
What is Treaty 13?
Approximately this many Indigenous children attended residential schools.
What is over 150,000?
The commission created in 2008 that released 94 Calls to Action.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)?
Indigenous knowledge is often passed down through this tradition.
What is storytelling?
There are more than this many First Nations communities across Canada.
What is over 630?
The Indigenous name believed to be the origin of "Toronto."
What is Tkaronto?
The child welfare practice that removed Indigenous children from their families between the 1960s and 1980s.
What is the Sixties Scoop?
The Government of Canada formally apologized for this system in 2008
What are residential schools?
Name one area where Indigenous Peoples continue to make important contributions today.
What are arts and music, environmental stewardship, education, sports, politics, or science and research?
The Métis developed this unique language.
What is Michif?
This Indigenous nation's name means "Original People" or "Good Human Beings."
Who are the Anishinaabe?
The long-lasting effects passed down through generations due to traumatic experiences.
What is intergenerational trauma?
The National Inquiry into MMIWG released this number of Calls for Justice.
What is 231?
This young Indigenous activist advocates for clean water.
Who is Autumn Peltier?
Indigenous Peoples developed these four things long before European contact.
What are governments, trade networks, languages, and cultures?
Name two nations whose traditional territories include Toronto.
Who are the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishinaabe/Ojibwe, Haudenosaunee, or Wendat?
This acronym refers to the crisis involving violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people.
What is MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls)?
Indigenous leaders say reconciliation requires respect for these two rights.
What are treaty rights and land rights?
Name one Indigenous leader or artist featured in this workshop.
Who is Autumn Peltier, Cindy Blackstock, or Tanya Tagaq?