First Nations Flashcards
Any Canadian citizen has the protected right to be treated fairly and justly, this law is guaranteed by what piece of legislation?
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The set of laws that protects us both federally and provincially from discrimination is what?
Human Rights Code
This protects us from discrimination in areas such as
Human Rights, some of our human rights are the right not to be discriminated based off of race, religion, color, creed, place of origin, marital status, nationality, disability, ancestry, sex, age, sexual preference, and social assistance.
Tribal council justice committee, what is their purpose? What do they do? Why do they exist? What do they try and help Aboriginal kids do?
Tribal council justice committee’s exist to help Aboriginal youth in trouble, regain restoration by combining the wisdom of traditional Aboriginal customs with the European based Canadian legal expectations. To help youth regain self-worth and dignity and a link with their culture, to realize healing and development is intrinsic and without reward. Means you do something without a reward because it’s essential. The Aboriginal youth leaders are helping the kids to realize that we want to do this because it is the right thing to do without having a reward to do it. To realize healing and development is intrinsic and without reward. To reestablish relationships with Mother Earth and the community and so on.
What is restorative justice, give an example.
Aboriginal model centering on the need to regain tending to restore health and strength, return something to it’s original or former place, state, or condition. Compensation for an injury, seeks to heal victim and community encouraging offender to face their actions. Ex, if a man were to hurt/kill another families father/provider then the offender must take on providing for that family.
Is restorative justice more of an Aboriginal model or a Western European model?
Aboriginal model. Where as the Western European models would be retributive justice. An example of retributive justice is a deterrent or paying a fine.
What are story keepers
People with a gift for imparting oral history and teaching life lessons using positive affirmations, psychologists if the First Nations.
Who is Bill Asikinack
an Ajibaway leader that teaches about the 4 parts of the medicine wheel guiding people with lessons from nature.
What is the Two Row Wampum
Concept that Aboriginals are independent government entities, making treaties with settlers and government.
Medicine Chest
An agreement the Canadian government made with prairie First Nations including health, care, and education. Bill Asikinacks medicine wheel includes, spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical
Blackfoot
These people introduced horses and traded them with Canada’s First Nations
Sioux
Lakota and Dakota originated from this American group
Assiniboine
The Nakota First Nations is part of this group
Nehiyawak
Aboriginal name for the plains Cree of Saskatchewan was the..
Chipewyan
Another name for the Dene of the North
Nahkawininiwak
What the Saulteaux First Nations call themselves
Iron Alliance
The group that formed the Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux to fight especially against the Blackfoot, known for their pots, pans, and guns
Louis Riel
The Metis leader from the USA brought to Canada leading the North West Rebellion/ Resistance of 1885 in the North West Territories, now Saskatchewan
Gabriel Dumont
Metis commander that gave up the fight and fled to the USA
Chief White Cap
The sioux for whom the reserve just south of Saskatoon is named
Rita Joe
Poet lourea of the Mikmak nation who lost her talk
Chief Pound Maker
Prominent Saskatchewan Saulteaux Chief that previously led to the uprising in 1763 in Manitoba, also helped to form treaty 6 in our area.
Sitting Bull
American Indian Chef that led his people in the battle of the little Bighorn general Custard, 6 months later he fled to Southern Saskatchewan, Alberta empress area North, returned to USA to become tourist attraction.
Chief Piapot
The principle chief of treaty number 4 near pasqwa by Regina
John George Diefenbaker
The Prime Minister of Canada in 1960 who granted First Nations the right to vote
Tommy C Douglas
The Saskatchewan premier famous for bringing medicare to Saskatchewan and eventually to all of Canada, also forming the FSIN.
Gordon Tootoosis
First Aboriginal precedent of the FSIN
Concepts of Nature from European vs. Aboriginal world view:
European: land and nature is something to be owned, controlled, and dominated
Aboriginal: To be one with nature or creation, and live at harmony; not abuse it. We (humans) are the lowest of the chain, not the highest
3 categories of Aboriginals
Indians, Metis, and Inuit
Term for those under the Indian act
Status Indians.. 61 and 62
Aboriginal law rights existing before colonization are called
Common law
5 first Nations land rights
Hunt, fish, trap, no duty on American imports, harvest trees, freedom of religion
Things the Crown promised to FN
Land, annuities, immunity from taxation, education, protection of traditional ceremonies, relief in times of famine, health benefits, assistance with agriculture.
Things promised by FN to Crown
Give parcels of land to Canada -Goods/furs would go back to Britain. Live on reserve -Promised to ensure peace, safety, friendship with the new immigrants. if they went to war it would be for Canada
Why are treaty issues unresolved
Are interpreted differently, because of how they were recorded. Ex, education. Differences between oral and documentation, what each party understood the term to mean.
The epidemic disease that killed many F.N 1780-1869
Small Pox
Saskatchewan means
Fast Flowing River
Sask. and Alberta became provinces in the year
1905
Leader of N.W Rebellion/ Resistance
Louis Riel
Metis Language
Mechif
We live in Treaty number…
6
Name of National Indian Brotherhood in Sask:
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations= FSIN
Residential schools Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages: Shelter and clothes, education, learn English, skills and trades, skills and trades, time punctuality, learn to read and write.
Disadvantages: taken away from parents, no parent role models, beaten/abused, not informed of family, deaths and births, losing culture, made to feel ashamed of their native heritage,
