History
What law controlled Indigenous people's lives for many years?
The Indian Act.
True or False: Indigenous incarceration has gone down in the last 20 years?
False.
What Supreme Court case in 1996 created the rule for judges to consider Indigenous background?
R. v. Gladue
Name one Indigenous group in Canada
(First Nation, Metis, Inuit).
What schools took Indigenous kids from their families?
Residential Schools.
True or false: Indigenous people are overrepresented in Canadian prisons.
What 4 colours are on the medicine wheel?
Red, yellow, black, and white.
What does "MMIWG" stand for?
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Indigenous ceremonies like the Potlatch were once made what?
Illegal.
Indigenous people make up 5% of the Canadian population, but what percentage are prisoners?
Over 30%.
True or false: Indigenous people are the first peoples of Canada?
True.
What does "TRC" stand for?
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Seals.
Is the number of Indigenous people in prison going up, down, or staying the same?
Going up.
What natural resource is extremely important for survival?
Water.
When was the last Residential School closed in Canada?
1996.
What is reconciliation?
Repairing the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Indigenous women make up about what percent of women in prison?
Over 50%
What sport did Indigenous people invent that is now popular in Canada?
Lacrosse.
When did Canada officially apologize for the Residential Schools?
2008.