Chapter 4 Flashcards
What does affirm mean?
To validate and express commitment to something.
What is collective identity?
The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture.
What does Sovereignty mean?
Independence as a person, with a right to self-government.
what does annuity mean?
An annual payment. Under the Numbered Treaties, annuities are mostly symbolic today.
What is the Indian Act?
Federal legislation related to the rights and status of the First Nations peoples (“Status Indians”), was first passed in 1876 and amended several times.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The belief that one’s culture is superior to all other cultures.
What are canadas two official languages?
French
English
What is Canada’s official language minority?
A group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages and that does not make up of the majority population of a province or territory.
What year did the Indian Act take place?
1876
What does assimilate mean?
To become a part of different cultural group.
What was the main purpose of the Indian Act?
To assimilate the Indigenous people :(
What are inherent right?
Rights with origins in fundamental justice.
What is a scrip?
In Metis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Metis at the time the Numbered Treaties were negotiated.
