Government and Law
A law passed in 1876 that governs the relationship between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples.
What is the Indian Act?
The rights and freedoms that are granted to a group of people due to their shared characteristics.
What are Collective Rights?
The law that recognized the creation of the Province of Manitoba and granted land to the Métis.
What is the Manitoba Act (or Métis Act)?
A belief that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The concept of a nation’s right to control its own territory and make decisions without interference.
What is Sovereignty?
A formal declaration of the recognition of rights or approval; agreement
What is to affirm?
Another term to describe the personal rights afforded to singular people.
What are Individual Rights?
A formal group that represents workers and their interests in negotiations with employers.
What is a Labour Union?
The forced adoption of the dominant culture’s customs, language, and behaviors.
What is Assimilate?
A policy or ideology where a country extends its control over foreign territories, often at the expense of local populations.
What is Imperialism?
The legal framework that outlines how a country is governed and the rights of its citizens.
What is the Constitution?
A form of self-government, typically for Indigenous peoples, to have control over their own affairs.
What is Autonomy?
An agreement that provides a fixed payment, often to Indigenous peoples, as part of land treaties.
What is an Annuity?
Name the two terms used to distinguish between English-speaking and French-speaking populations.
What is Anglophone/Francophone?
Areas of land set aside by the government for Indigenous peoples to live on.
What are Reservations?