Numbered Treaties
Not all First Nations peoples signed Treaties. Their collective rights are affirmed in section 35 of the constitution.
True or False?
True!
the shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture
What is collective identity?
At the time, Canada's government thought it was appropriate to make laws for First Nations without consulting them.
True or False
True!
to bring to a country something that belongs to the country
What is patriate?
What is a Francophone?
A persons who first language is French
For the First Nations the numbered treaties were _________
Sacred
rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons. These groups are: Aboriginal peoples, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples; and Francophones and Anglophones.
What is collective rights?
When was the Indian Act first passed? What year?
1876
one of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak an official language of Canada — French or English — as their first language
What is official language community?
a group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages(English or French) and that does not make up the majority population of a province or territory
What is official language minority?
What are the numbered treaties?
Historic agreements that affect the rights and identity of some First Nations in Canada.
the umbrella name for the diverse Aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada’s constitution. The constitution refers to First Nations as “Indians,” in keeping with the name used at the time of negotiating Treaties.
What is First Nations?
The Indian act originally aimed to __________ First Nations people.
Assimilate
the belief that one’s culture is superior to all other cultures
What is ethnocentrism?
What is sovereignty?
independence as a people, with a right to self-government
The numbered treaties have roots in the _________________ of 1763
Royal proclamation
land for the exclusive use of First Nations
What is a reserve?
Until 1960, the act required First Nations people to give up thier _____________ and ___________ to gain the right to vote
(Must get BOTH right for the points)
1. Legal identity
2. Treaty rights
What do Francophone students in Alberta and Anglophone students in Québec have in common?
They are both the odd one out (official language minorities)
What is the Quebec Act?
Recognizes the rights of Francophones to their language and identity.
The numbered treaties were agreements between the _______ and _______
(You must get BOTH correct for the points)
1. The queen
2. First Nations
an annual payment. Under the Numbered Treaties, ________ are mostly symbolic today.For example, the members of Treaty 8 each receive $5.00 per year.
What is annuities?
What is the Indian Act?
federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples (“status Indians”), and amended several times
in Métis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Métis at the time the Numbered Treaties were negotiated
What is a scrip?
Why is the 1982 Charter Of Rights and Freedoms important?
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms confirms official bilingualism and establishes official language minority education rights.