The Indian Act
1876
Half the school day focused on education, the other half focused on _________.
The trades, chores, labour.
Name the two children the documentary follows.
Glen and Lyna.
How many Calls to Action are there?
94
Bonus: What year were the Calls to Action released?
100 points
What is Canada's largest province?
Quebec
Who did the Indian Act apply to?
First Nations people only.
What was the main purpose of Residential Schools?
Assimilation.
What happened when Lyna was caught stealing food?
The nun secretly gave the rest of the girls food from the kitchen.
What day is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?
September 30.
Canada's national animal
Beaver!
Name one main purpose of the Indian Act.
To assimilate First Nations people through enfranchisement
To manage First Nations communities and their reserves
To define who could and could not be classified as a First Nations person
What year did Residential schools become official government policy?
1884
What is the main punishment Lyna experienced for speaking her language?
Holding her tongue.
Who was the Prime Minister who apologized for Residential Schools in 2008?
Stephen Harper.
Tim Horton played this sport
Hockey
Bonus: Name a team he played for.
150 points
How did the Indian Act treat First Nations women unequally?
If they married a non-status man, they would lose their Indian Status while non-status wives of Status men gained Indian Status.
Approximately 6000 children died in Residential schools. What was the main cause of these deaths?
Disease.
What horrific act did priests do that is common from both Glen and Lyna's stories?
Sexual abuse.
What does the "Truth" part of Truth and Reconciliation mean?
The importance of acknowledging the truth of the stories told by residential school survivors.
The city where you would find the highest Canadian structure.
Toronto?
CN Tower 553 m
What was the "pass system" introduced to the Indian Act in 1885?
Residential schools left Indigenous people feeling disoriented. Why was this the case?
They neither fit into their traditional cultures nor were they prepared for settler society.
What province did Glen go to school in?
Saskatchewan.
Bonus: What province did Lyna go to school in?
150 points
Name the person who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
Murray Sinclair.
This city is the "Polar Bear Capital of the World"
Churchill.
Bears outnumber people there!