First Nations in the dominion of canada Flashcards
what did Indian affairs become?
a federal responsibility
in exchange for the transfer of lands, what did the government propose?
that they settle on reserves
what rights did the government grant them?
hunting, fishing and trapping rights
how did the church try and convert the natives?
they set up missions
who founded the first residential schools?
Christian missionaries
why were the residential schools created?
because the catholic church wanted to convert the natives and teach them western education and english
what is enfranchisement?
obtaining the same status as non indigenous people
why was enfranchsimenrt created?
there were already laws that were created which made natives less inferior to everyone else. but the gvt thought that to get the natives to assimilate, they have to be treated equally to us
what were chiefs replaced by?
band councils
what did the band councils do?
to uphold order, maintaining the reserve and constructing public buildings
what was the objective of the Indian act?
to enfranchise natives and declare minor wards of the state if they refused to enfranchise
