Final exam

Question 1

when was treaty one established?

Answer 1

1871.

Question 2

what is the definition of ontology?

Answer 2

metaphysics, concerns itself with the nature of being - existence, knowing, identity, time, space.

Question 3

what is epistemology?

Answer 3

theory of knowing/knowledge - how we come to know.

Question 4

Aboriginal, as a legal term, refers to which groups of people?

Answer 4

Indians, Inuits, and Metis.

Question 5

Name the tenets of Indigenous philosophy?

Answer 5

space and land, constant motion/flux, all things being animate and imbued with spirit, relationship, renewal.
SCARR

Question 6

what does a sustainable/sustenance economy mean?

Answer 6

relationships to the land and creation are central to an economic system, and economic activities are based on seasons and cycles.

Question 7

what does section 91(24) of the Constitution Act govern?

Answer 7

Indians and lands reserved for Indians. Under Fed. jurisdiction.

Question 8

name things included in most treaties.

Answer 8

reserved land, annual annuity payments, metal/suits for chief, medicine chest (6), etc.

Question 9

what does sui genesis mean?

Answer 9

unique.

Question 10

what is Bill C-31

Answer 10

made to remedy the enfranchisement of 1951 Indian Act and give back status to status women who lost it with the Indian Act.

Question 11

what does the Indian Act govern?

Answer 11

lands reserved for Indians, who is or isn’t an Indian, and banned cultural practices.

Question 12

what was the pemmican proclamation and what year?

Answer 12

1814, band the selling of pemmican which angered the metis as it made travelling harder.

Question 13

what two leaders led the Battle of Batoche and what year?

Answer 13

Louis Riel and Dumont in 1885.

Question 14

what does Nunavut mean?

Answer 14

our land.

Question 15

what was the Pawley case?

Answer 15

metis right to hunt, doesn’t define who is metis.

Question 16

what was the Daniels case?

Answer 16

metis are included in section 91(24) of Constitution.

Didn’t give them status, but put them under Fed. jurisdiction.

Question 17

what year did the last residential school close in?

Answer 17

1996.

Question 18

what is Jordan’s Principle?

Answer 18

the first one in contact with the bill has to pay, and then Fed. and Prov. must argue about the money afterwards. Happened after Jordan died at age 5 in the hospital his entire life because of the arguing between the different levels if governments.

Question 19

what is the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 19

transfer of plants, animals and humans across the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 20

name some social determinant/indicator of health?

Answer 20

gender, disability, housing, early life, income, education, race, employment and working conditions, food insecurity, health services.

Question 21

reasons for Cindy Blackstock bringing a human rights complaint against the fed. government, and did she win.

Answer 21

she won, and for the reasoning of the system being underfunded, as well as Indigenous children are over-represented.

Question 22

what is a Gladue report? To acknowledge what?

Answer 22

reports that take into consideration the circumstances of Indigenous offenders to reduce incarceration. But, judges and lawyers don’t use very often or even know of it enough.
To acknowledge that they are over-policed.

Question 23

define cultural genocide.

Answer 23

the destruction of those structures and practices that allow the group to continue as a group.

Question 24

what are the 3 main points of restorative justice?**

Answer 24

1) crime is a violation of people and relationships.
2) violations create obligations.
3) central obligation of justice is right the wrong, and restore the relationship - victim centred.

Question 25

what are the two types of land claims and what is the difference between the two?

Answer 25

specific - result from past grievances related to the administration of Indian lands and other assets, as well as the fulfillment of treaties.
comprehensive - aims to resolve claims to Aboriginal title in areas of Canada that have not been addressed by treaty or other legal means.

Question 26

when was the Indian Act made? What was its purpose?

Answer 26

1876, and enfranchisement and assimilation.

Question 27

what is section 35?

Answer 27

constitution that recognizes aboriginal rights. (Inuits, Indians, and Metis)

Question 28

what is the royal proclamation?

Answer 28

long report in response to OKA and Meech lake on Aboriginal peoples.

Question 29

what is the Indian Health Transfer Policy?

Answer 29

transferred authority from the Federal government to the First Nations, health centres and programs changed to hospitals and nursing stations. But, gaps became a health indicator for example, the many boil advisories in Canada right now.

Question 30

what were residential schools mandated under?

Answer 30

mandated under the Indian Act.

Question 31

what kind of report is the Gladue report?

Answer 31

pre-sentencing report.

Question 32

what are the 7 teachings?

Answer 32

wisdom, bravery, respect, honesty, truth, love, and humility.
WBRHTLH

Question 33

what order is the medicine wheel from top clockwise?

Answer 33

spiritual, physical, emotional, mental.

Question 34

when was the Constitution Act, what was its name prior and when was the first one out?

Answer 34

1982 was the Constitution Act, but the British North American Act was the name prior and it was out in 1867.

Question 35

what are some sources of self government?

Answer 35

treaties, (because it established them as a nation) and section 35 which protected their rights AKA their self government right.

Question 36

what was the Manitoba Act?

Answer 36

stated that Metis lands would be protected, but when Riel went to Saskatchewan with Dumont, the railway was built and they established the NWMP.

Question 37

year of confederation?

Answer 37

1867.

Question 38

year of the Indian Act?

Answer 38

1876.

Question 39

when did Manitoba become a province?

Answer 39

1870.