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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Who do collective rights belong to?

A

People who are entrenched in Canada’s constitution. The French, English, and First Nations

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What is the purpose of collective rights?

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To affirm the collective identity of groups in society where people of different identities belong

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What is the difference between collective rights and individual rights?

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collective rights are rights given to certain people in society recognized in Canada’s Constitution. Individual rights are rights given to everybody in Canada

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4
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Why are collective rights given?

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To show that Canada appreciates and values their contributions

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What legislations relate to First Nation collective rights?

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Indian Act
Historic and Modern Treaties
Canada’s Constitution

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What legislations relates to Metis collective rights?

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ModernTreaties
Manitoba Act
Canada’s Constitution

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What legislations relates to Inuit collective rights?

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Modern Treaties

Canada’s Constitution

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What are the Numbered Treaties?

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The Numbered Treaties are historic agreements that
affect the rights and identity of some First Nations
in Canada.

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How do the Numbered Treaties have rights in the royal proclamation?

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It was made at the end of seven years of war as Britain sought to establish control over North America. It recognized the First Nations rights to land

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What did the Numbered Treaties say?

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  • First Nations agreed to share their land and resources in peace
  • Canada’s government agreed to terms covering First Nations’ education, reserves, annuities and other matters.
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What were the numbered treaties to First Nations?

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Sacred — nation-to-nation agreements, solemnly made, that cannot be changed
without their agreement

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Name some of the rights given in the Numbered Treaties?

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Payments,
Hunting and Farming
Annuities 
Health Care 
Education
Fishing Rights
Reserves Assistance 
Special Benefits
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Why did the First Nations and Canada negotiate the Numbered Treaties?

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-Canada wanted to build a railway to open immigration
-First Nations and Canada’s government
wanted to avoid war
-First Nations wanted to
secure their future

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Why did Canada want to build a railway?

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To link the province of British Columbia to the rest of Canada and open the west to immigration

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Why did First Nations want to secure their future?

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They were facing economic and social upheaval from smallpox epidemics, the eradication of the buffalo, the end of the fur trade, and the pressures of European
settlement.

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What was Canada’s perspective on the Numbered Treaties?

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First Nations gave up their land under the Treaties

17
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Why did First Nations disagree with Canada’s perspective on the Numbered Treaties

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Many First Nations disagree, especially since their worldviews do not think of land as something anyone can “own” or “give up.”

18
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How did Canada assimilate First Nations children?

A

By putting them into residential schools

19
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What was the aim of the Indian Association?

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  1. To maintain treaty rights.
  2. To advance the social and economic welfare of Indian peoples.
  3. To secure better educational facilities and opportunities.
  4. To cooperate with federal, provincial and local governments for the benefit of Indians
20
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What did the Indian Act attempt to do?

A

Confirm the Canadian government’s

duty to protect the collective rights of First Nations.

21
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What did the Indian Act do?

A

The act affirmed the collective rights of First Nations. It also created officials for each reserve — “Indian Agents” — with the power to decide individually how the government would fulfill its duties

22
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What defines who is Indian or not?

A

The Indian act

23
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Why did the Canadian government believe it was okay to make decisions for the First nations?

A

Because of Ethnocentrism. The thought the were superior

24
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What did the Indian Act originally attempt to do?

A

Assimilate First Nations

25
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Wh did the First Nations reject the first revision of the Indian Act?

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Because the Canadian government failed to consult them

26
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What is a Francophone school?

A

Francophone schools provide instruction for Francophone students — students whose first language is French. They are different from French immersion schools, which teach French to
students whose first language is not French.

27
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What is the purpose of Francophone schools?

A

Francophone schools affirm the identity of Francophone students, their families and their communities.

28
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What do sections 16 to 20 of the Charter establish?

A

French and English as official languages of Canada, and the right of Canadian citizens to conduct their affairs with the federal government in either official
language.

29
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What established Canada as bilingual?

A

The BNA act

30
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What is bill 101?

A

This Québec law sets down rules for protecting and
promoting the use of the French language in
Québec.

31
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What were the rules before bill 101?

A

Commercial signs may use only French.

Francophones and immigrants in Québec must attend Francophone schools.

32
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What were the rules after bill 101?

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The law can require signs to use French, but cannot prohibit the use of English in addition.
Francophone parents do not have a right to educate their children in Anglophone schools in Québec since this violates the intent of section 23 to protect Francophone identity as a minority culture in Canada.

33
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What did the red river resistance result in?

A

The Manitoba Act

34
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What did the Manitoba Act do?

A

Established the province as bilingual
Education rights for Catholics and Protestants
Métis would receive more than 500 000 hectares of
land

35
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What did the Canadian government do instead of establishing land in Manitoba?

A

They issued script

36
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What was the perspective of the Northwest resistance of the Metis?

A

It was a way to assert their rights

37
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What was the perspective of the Northwest resistance of the Canadian government?

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It was an attempt to overthrow Canada’s authority.

38
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What happened with Metis land?

A

The land was given and taken away multiple times

39
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What happened with Metis hunting and fishing rights?

A

It was given and taken away

Grade 9: Social (21 decks)

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