Chapter 16 quiz

Question 1

How much of the national population identifies as indigenous?

Answer 1

5%

Question 2

Which province has the largest percentage of indigenous?

Answer 2

Nunavut

Question 3

First Nations

Answer 3

Replaced the term Indian, which refers to Indigenous communities descended from those who inhabited North America before Europeans

Question 4

Inuit

Answer 4

Indigenous people who live in the far north, and are not considered Indian under Canadian law.

Question 5

Aboriginal

Answer 5

Became popular in Canada after the 1982 constitution act defined first inhabitants of Canada as such

Question 6

Metis

Answer 6

People of mixed ancestry created by unions between aboriginal and European people in Canada

Question 7

When was the Indian act created?

Answer 7

1876

Question 8

What is Indian act?

Answer 8

The Indian act created the status of Indians in Canada and placed them in the reserve system.

Question 9

What is the correct definition of an Indian?

Answer 9

An Indian, with anyone who is registered under the Indian act, including those who belong to communities, covered by treaties

Question 10

Which indigenous groups are not recognized under the Indian act?

Answer 10

Métis and Inuit. However, under the constitution, they must be treated the same as status Indians, but they don’t have Indian status under Canadian law.

Question 11

What is the reserve system?

Answer 11

Under the Indian act, the reserve system was created to provide small, fixed homelands for status Indians.

Question 12

How many reserves are there in Canada?

Answer 12

2300

Question 13

Where are most of the reserves located?

Answer 13

2/3 locate British Columbia

Question 14

How big are the reserves ?

Answer 14

28,000 km² foot of territory

Question 15

Who does legal ownership of the reserves belong to?

Answer 15

Legal ownership of the reserves belongs to the crown, but the reserves are manage for the benefit of the people.

Question 16

What can’t status Indians do without Ottawas consent?

Answer 16

-No legal or commercial transaction could be undertaken
-Status Indians cannot leave their homes.
-Band members cannot sell any part of the reserve
-Cannot cut timber

Question 17

Where are reserves located?

Answer 17

Reserves are located in rural and remote areas

Question 18

Issues on the reserves?

Answer 18

-High rate of suicide, alcoholism, violent, death, unemployment current housing, and an infant mortality

Question 19

What was assimilation and what did it aim towards?

Answer 19

Democracy Canadian style was to replace native traditions of governments and traditional, and inherited leadership.

Question 20

What was integration

Answer 20

Aiming to remove the economic, social and political barriers between indigenous people from the rest of society.

Question 21

What was the 1969 white paper?

Answer 21

Included reforms proposed by the liberal government that would’ve ended the reserve system and abolish different status for Indians, as well as transfer the responsibility of education, healthcare, and social needs of Indians to the provinces.

Question 22

What was self-determination

Answer 22

Determination, for a aboriginal, third order of government, self government should be created alongside the federal and provincial governments

Question 23

1996 Royal commission on aboriginal peoples

Answer 23

The commission examine the relationships between the government and indigenous. Canadians advise the government on their findings and aim to restore justice to indigenous people.

Question 24

Terms of the RCAP

Answer 24

-Dual citizenship for aboriginal Canadians
-More money spent on aboriginal programs
-Constitutional talk should include aboriginal representatives
Creation of an aboriginal parliament

Question 25

What was the outcome of self determination?

Answer 25

The federal government did not accept the concept of divided sovereignty. However, a shared space of political, legal, economic, and ethic grounds was created between aboriginal communities and the government.