indigenous communtities

Question 1

what were the living conditions like for the indigenous post-1950 (3)

Answer 1

• inadequate housing
• little sanitation
• little access to clean drinking water

Question 2

which law did the federal government propose and when

Answer 2

1960
statement of the government of canada on indian policy

Question 3

what was the statement of the government of canada on indian policy for

Answer 3

an attempt to abolish previous legal treaties and indian act; removing all special rights of the indigenous

Question 4

why did the government abandon the idea of the statement of the government of canada on indian policy

Answer 4

the indigenous opposed the idea bc it reduced their ancestral rights

Question 5

what do the indigenous have today that give them local government control

Answer 5

band councils

Question 6

what continued as a way to assimilate indigenous

Answer 6

residential schools