Chapter 11 Flashcards
AADNC
Indian and northern affairs canada, government department responsible for maintaining and strengthening the government of Canada’s relations with organizations representing métis , non-status Indians , and urban aboriginal people
AADCs Income Assistance Program
Aboriginal affairs and northern development Canada’s income assistance program provides finding for individuals and families who are ordinarily resident on reserves with basic and special needs and services similar to those provided to other residence of the province or territory
-basic needs. Pre-employment supports and service delivery
Aboriginal peoples
Diverse population of distinct peoples with unique heritages, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs
- descendants of the original occupants
- Indians Metis and Inuit
- usually refer to as First Nations
Aboriginal self government
- major demand
- push for policy legislative changes
Assembly of First Nations AFN
National organization representing First Nations ,national voice through leaders advocating for various issues
Active measure
Help First Nations individuals move to more independent and self sufficient lives with the skills and training they need to find and hold meaningful sustainable jobs
First Nations
In place of Indian , First Nations métis and Inuit represent aboriginal peoples of canada
Indian act 1876
Governments guardianship over Indian lands
- very broad scope that regulates and controls virtually every aspect of aboriginal life
- strictly defines who is and who is not an Indian by setting out the requirements for determining who is a status indian
Idle no more
Protest movement 2012, reaction to abuses of indigenous treaty rights
Internal colonialism
Colonists effectively take administrative control from the colonized peoples thereby instituting a particular type of colonialism
Reserve system
By- product of the land surrender treaties
- parcels of land that have been set aside for exclusive occupation and use by aboriginal communities
Residential schools
Range of historical institutions including industrial schools,boarding schools …tasked with educating aboriginal children and overall assimilation of aboriginal peoples
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples RCAP
1996, focused on current situation of aboriginal peoples on Canada
-foundation for a renewed relationship involves recognition of aboriginal nations as political entities
Status Or registered Indians
Listed in the governments federal indian register
Truth and reconciliation commission TRC
Mandate to learn the truth about what happend in the residential schools and to inform all Canadians about what happend in the schools