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20 Cards in this Set
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What year was the Charter of Rights and Freedoms signed? |
1982 |
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What is collective rights? |
The rights of individual groups. Separate from the rights and freedoms of all Canadians. |
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What are the four major groups of collective rights? |
Aboriginal Metis Francophone/Anglophone (language minority) Inuit |
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How many numbered treaties have their been in in Canada's history. |
11, between 1871 and 1921 |
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What did the government benefit from the treaties? |
Peace Land Power Resources |
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What did the aboriginal people benefit from the treaties? |
Reserve land Money Hunting/ fishing rights Farming assistance Education Peace Medical services |
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What did the government of Canada give up by signing the treaties? |
Reserve land Money |
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What did the aboriginal people in Canada give up by signing the treaties? |
Most of their land Beliefs/ cultural practices Power Resources |
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Why were the aboriginals upset with the treaties? |
Bad/ poor land Hardly any farming assistance (1 plough per group) Education assimilated the native children Loss of beliefs and culture Loss of power and resources |
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What rights did Anglophones and Francophones receive? |
Language Education |
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What are the Metis rights? |
Land Fishing/ hunting Language |
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When did the Metis receive their rights? |
1982 |
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Why did the Metis never get their land rights, like the aboriginals? |
The Metis refused to be classified as "Status Indians" Wanted separate treaties and acts Wanted separate rights Were given land. but because of how poor it was they government took it back |
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What is the Indian Act? |
Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. |
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Why is the Indian Act important? |
Fist document outlining the status and rights or limitation of the aboriginal peoples of Canada Reflects how the government understood the later treaties that came after the act |
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Under the Indian act... |
The government is able to develops specific policies and programs to administer treaty rights to first nations. The collective rights of first nations people was affirmed. Defines who may be registered as a status indian. |
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Problems with the act include... |
Assimilation Indian Agents had overall say of the reserves in 1876 |
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What has happened over the years? |
Pressure from the fist nations has caused Canada's government to revise the Indian Act several times. The act remains enforced today |
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How did the four major groups (Aboriginals, Metis, Inuit, Francophones/ Anglophones) get their rights? |
Aboriginals - Treaties/ Indian Act/ CRF Metis - Act/ CRF Inuit - Act/ CRF Francophones/ Anglophones - Act/ CRF |
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How has collective rights shaped Canada, and it's people to be what it is today? |
They help shape Canada as it is today because it is the identities of Canadians. Without these people we would not be Canada as it is today, and we wouldn't accept everybody with warm and open arms. Canada is also the only country with collective rights. |
