C4- Collective Rights

Question 1

collective rights:

Answer 1

group rights held by a group rather then by it’s members

Question 2

collective identity:

Answer 2

a group often expressed through the group’s cultural’s and social customs and traditions

Question 3

affirm:

Answer 3

state as a fact; assert strongly and publicly

Question 4

annuity:

Answer 4

a series of payment made at equals intervals

Question 5

assimilate:

Answer 5

take in (information, ideas or culture) and understand fully

Question 6

Who holds collective rights in Canada?

Answer 6

• Aboriginal peoples
  - Metis
  - First Nations
  - Inuit
• Francophones
• Anglophones

Question 7

publicly funded:

Answer 7

financial support; revenue generated by a local, state or federal government

Question 8

autonomy:

Answer 8

the right or condition of self-government

Question 9

sovereignty:

Answer 9

supreme power or authority

Question 10

ethnocentrism:

Answer 10

the belief that one;s culture is superior to the others culture

Question 11

Why do some groups have these rights and others don;’t?

Answer 11

-collective rights recognize the founding peoples of Canada because Canada would not exist today without the contribution of these peoples

Question 12

What legislation relates to the collective rights of First Nations?

Answer 12

1. Royal Proclamation of 1763
2. Numbered Treaties
3. Indian Act

Question 13

Royal Proclamation of 1763:

Answer 13

recognized First Nations rights to land and established the

principle of creating treaties

Question 14

Numbered Treaties:

Answer 14

First Nations agreed to share their lands and reserves in education, reserves, amuties and other items

Question 15

Indian Act:

Answer 15

a way for the government to administer Treaty rights to Treaty peoples

• created officials for each reserve (Indian Agents)
• defined who may be registered as an “status Indian”

Question 16

status Indian:

Answer 16

a person who is registered as an Indian under the Indian Act

• aimed to assimilate the First Nations people
• had to give up treaty rights to vote

Question 17

What collective rights do official language have under the Charter?

Answer 17

• Sec. 16 to 20 establish French and English as official languages
• Sec. 23 establish minority language education rights
  
  • minority language groups has the right to publicly fund schools that serve their language community

Question 18

What legislation relates to the collective rights of the Metis?

Answer 18

1. Manitoba Act
2. Metis Population Betterment Act
3. Constitution Act

Question 19

Manitoba Act:

Answer 19

• established land rights

- scrip was issued instead of establishing the land rights

Question 20

Metis Population Betterment Act:

Answer 20

-established 12 temporary settlements in Alberta

Question 21

Constitution Act:

Answer 21

-recognized the Metis as 1 of Canada’s Aboriginal people with rights