Treaties, Indian Act, and Reconciliation

Treaty

100

How many numbered treaties are there in Canada?

11

200

What treaty number is Saskatoon in?

Treaty 6

300

What region of western Canada would NOT sign the treaties?

Northwest Coast

400

Give an example of the British colonies forced the chiefs of Treaty 6 into signing treaties.

Starvation, sickness/medicine

500

What was the name of the first Prime Minister of Canada?

John A. Macdonald

Indian Act

100

The Indian Act is a law in Canada. True or False?

True

200

The Indian Act was designed to control and oppress Indigenous people. Give one example of how the Indian Act controlled Indigenous people:

Controlled movement (pass system), economy (permit pass), politics (banning lawyers), land development (greater production effort), etc.

300

Was the Indian Act was created before, during, or after the numbered treaties were signed?

DURING: The first treaty was signed in 1871 and the last was signed in 1921. The Indian Act was signed in 1876.

400

How many children would attend residential schools in Canada?

150,000 +

500

Name two ways a Status Indian could lose their status. 

Signing up for the military for two years, attending university, being a woman who married a non-Indigenous man, voluntarily leaving the reserve during Indian Act, etc. 

TRC

100

What does the acronym TRC stand for?

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

200

The TRC wants Canadians to tell the truth about...

Residential schools, Indian Act, colonization, etc.

300

Give the number/description of one call to action:

Fact check with CBC Beyond the 94!

400

What year were the Calls to Action released by the TRC?

2015

500

One of the important people in the TRC who helped write the calls to action is named...

Senator Murray Sinclair