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26 Cards in this Set
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Why are collective rights NOT given to English people in Alberta? |
English people hold the majority of the population, so we tend to make laws that work in our favor anyways
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How did Bill 101 affect the French people in Canada?
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it protected French culture and heritage in Quebec, and prevented assimilation with the rest of Canada
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How did the Canadian government decide to educate the First Nations?
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assimilation into Canadian culture through Residential Schools
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Why did it take so long to establish rights for the Metis peoples?
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they had to fight for their rights because Canada did not catagorize Metis people as Indians (Indians had their own rights and laws)
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Collective Rights
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Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical reasons. These groups are: Aboriginal peoples, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit; and Francophones and Anglophones.
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Affirm
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To validate and express commitment to something.
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First Nations
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The umbrella name for the diverse Aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada's constitution.
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Aboriginal
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Native: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.
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Inuit
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Inuit is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada.
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Francophone
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A Francophone is a person who speaks French; French-speaking. |
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Anglophone
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An Anglophone is a person who speaks English; English-speaking.
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Numbered Treaties
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The numbered treaties are a series of eleven treaties signed between the aboriginal peoples in Canada and the reigning Monarch of Canada (Victoria, Edward VII or George V) from 1871 to 1921.
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Reservation
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Land for the exclusive use of First Nations.
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Annuity
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An annual payment.
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Indian Act
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Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples, first passed in 1876 and amended several times.
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Residential Schools
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Schools intended to force the assimilation of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada into European-Canadian society.
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Assimilate
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To become part of a different cultural group. |
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Multiculturalism |
The belief that all cultures should exist together. |
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Autonomy
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Authority to make decisions. "The Métis wanted autonomy" |
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Red River Resistance |
sequence of events surrounding the actions of a provisional government established by Métis leader Louis Riel in 1869 at the Red River Settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba |
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Official Language Community
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One of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak an official language of Canada-French or English-as their first language.
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Official Language Minority
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The official language minority is English in Quebec and French in all other provinces and territories.
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Scrip
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In Metis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered the Metis at the time the Numbered Treaties were negotiated
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Bilingualism
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The ability to speak two languages fluently. |
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Métis |
a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
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Bill 101
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A law in the province of Quebec defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the only official language of Quebec and framing fundamental language rights for everyone in the province. It is the central legislative piece in Quebec's language policy.
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