Indigenous Peoples
Who Are Indigenous People?
Indigenous people are the first people to be living in a place.
What are residential schools to the government?
They are the main system to assimilate the indigenous population
Which Canadian provinces and territories operated residential schools
All Canadian provinces and territories except Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
What did tim hortons sell to raise money for indigenous charities.
Orange Sprinkle Donuts
Values
Your beliefs about what is right or wrong and what is most important in life.
What are the three categories of Aboriginal peoples.
Indians (also known as First Nations), Inuit, and Métis.
What were the conditions in residential schools.
-Overcrowding caused diseases such as tuberculosis
-Physically punished for practicing their culture and religion
-Frightening
-Operated by strangers who did not speak the natives languages
-Sexually abused
-Poor diets and inadequate medical care
How many people died (%) in the residential schools?
50%
Over _____ was raised for Indigenous charities through Tim Hortons
$1 million
Traditions
Things that have been done for a long time by a group of people.
Indigenous people represent about ___% of the world’s population.
5%
Indian residential schools operated in Canada between the ____ and the ____.
1870s and the 1990s.
How many children were forces to attend the schools?
~ 150,000
What is a global community of funders dedicated to Indigenous Peoples worldwide.
The International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
Agriculture
Farming
How many people identify as indigenous in Canada today.
1.4 million
Why did the Canadian government think residential schools would help their cause?
They thought that they could mould children more easily than adults into adopting the European way of life
In the residential schools, It was forbidden for children to use their indigenous _____ or _______.
languages or traditions
___% of all Orange Sprinkle Donut sales benefit Indigenous charities such as the Orange ____ _____, the ____ Residential School Survivors Society, and the New Pathways Foundation.
100% of all Orange Sprinkle Donut sales benefit Indigenous charities such as the Orange Shirt Society, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, and the New Pathways Foundation.
Culture
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
There were an estimated ____ deaths by suicide between 2011 and 2016.
250
What did the government want by removing indigenous children from their families and communities?
They would lose their culture and identity and become part of the British culture.
What year was the last Indian residential school closed in?
The last Indian residential school closed in 1996.
What was the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples goal.
Their goal is to shift power, mobilise resources, and develop partnerships.
The Indian residential school system
The Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples.