Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
Affirm
To validate and express commitment to something
Collective Identity
The shared identity of a group of people, especially of a common language and culture
Collective Rights
Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons.
First Nations
The umbrella name for the diverse peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada’s constitution
Indian
Word used by Europeans to describe first nations
Sovereignity
Independence as a people, with a right to self-government
Annuity
An annual payment
Reserve
Land for exclusive use of first nations
Entrenching
Fixing firmly within
Patriate
To ring a country something that belongs to that country
Indian Act
Federal Legislation related to the rights and status of first nations people first passed in 1876 and amended several times
Ethnocentrinism
Belief that one’s culture is superior to all other cultures
Assimilate
Become part of a different cultural group
Anglophone
A person whose first language is english
Francophone
A person whose first language is french
Official language community
One of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak an official language of Canada as their first language
Official Language Minority
A group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages and odes not make up the majority population of a province or territory
Publicly Funded
Paid for with taxes and provided by government
Inherent rights
Rights with origins in fundamental justice
Scrip
In Metis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and was offered to the Metis at the time the numbered treaties were negotiated
Autonomy
Authority to make decisions
