Indigenous Resource Rights

Question 1

failure to consult is grounds to quash a decision on purely procedural basis.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Metis and status Indian mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

Answer 2

false

Question 3

the Inuit were the first to sign treaties even before Canada became a country.

Answer 3

false

Question 4

the duty to consult rulings, the onus to consult is on the project initiator and not the government.

Answer 4

false

Question 5

the duty to consult is triggered as a law threshold.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

due to duty to consult rulings, there is always an obligation to reach an agreement.

Answer 6

false

Question 7

Saskatchewan is part of the Metis homeland.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

at one time Metis people were known as half breeds.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

The question of what each party truly meant during the treaty negotiations arose almost immediately

Answer 9

This uncertainty has been attributed to all except? Couldn’t get aboriginals and British in one location at one time due to their warring nature.

Question 10

Which duty to consult case was the first to go all the way to the supreme court of Canada.

Answer 10

haida nation vs. bc government

Question 11

The Powley case took place where?

Answer 11

ontario

Question 12

Refers to rights that cannot be sold, surrendered, or transferred to someone else especially a natural right such as the right to own property nonrefundable?

Answer 12

Inalienable

Question 13

The ___ word means completely free from constitutional or other restraint or limitation?

Answer 13

PEI

Question 14

The numbered Canadian treaties concluded within which 50-year period?

Answer 14

1871-1921

Question 15

In 1876 the government of Canada arbitrarily passed ___ imposing several oppressive restrictions on first nation peoples?

Answer 15

indian act

Question 16

This treaty was concluded at fort Qu’Appelle and involved the Cree and Salteaux Indians of southeastern Saskatchewan?

Answer 16

treaty 4

Question 16

Years of each treaty?

Answer 16

Treaty 2- 1871, treaty 4- 1874, treaty 5- 1875, treaty 60 1876, treaty 8- 1899, treaty 10- 1906

Question 17

Aboriginal rights are those rights which people have due to?

Answer 17

Traditional use and occupancy of lands

Question 17

This treaty concluded in 1906 with the Cree and Chipewyan Indians of northwestern Saskatchewan?

Answer 17

treaty 10

Question 18

Ruperts land has been granted to? The

Answer 18

Hudson Bay company

Question 19

Which 4 treaties are most prominent in Saskatchewan

Answer 19

4,6,8,10

Question 20

Certain provisions of the Indian act terminated status Indians in various ways/circumstances, including all except?

Answer 20

Failure to practice laws and customs of Indians.

Question 21

A status Indian who belongs to a first nation that signed a treaty with the crown.

Answer 21

Treaty Indian

Question 22

What bill featured entitlement of “Indian” status to woman who had previously lost their status through marriage to non-Indians?

Answer 22

bill c-31

Question 23

Which duty to consult case was the first case to go all the way to the BC court of appeals?

Answer 23

halfway rivers vs. BC

Question 24

Aboriginal Rights are those rights which people have due to what?

Answer 24

stature 35 of the constitution

Question 25

Which one of these were not a promise to those Aboriginals signing a land Treaty?

Answer 25

buffalo populations return to normal

Question 26

The “Metis Homeland” includes a part of or all of these locations except:
a) Northern States such as North Dakota, Minnesota, etc.
b) Southern portion of the NWT
c) Eastern British Columbia
d) The three prairie provinces
e) Eastern and Northern Quebec

Answer 26

e

Question 27

The Inuit are known to live at all of these locations except:
a) Western British Columbia
b) Northern Labrador
c) Nunavut
d) North-West Territories
e) Northern parts of Quebec

Answer 27

a

Question 28

The area of land in West Central North America used and occupied as the Traditional territory of the Metis or Half-Breeds (as they were known):

Answer 28

prince ruperts land

Question 29

Certain provisions of the above-noted statute (question 14) terminated status of Indians in
various circumstances, including all except:
a) Marriage of an Indian woman to a non-Indian
b) Failure to practice laws and customs of Indians
c) Educational achievement
d) Military service
e) Voluntary enfranchisement

Answer 29

d

Question 30

What Bill returned entitlement of “Indian” Status to women who had previously lost their status
through marriage to non-Indians?

Answer 30

Bill c-31

Question 31

Which two Treaties have the “Least” land in Saskatchewan?

Answer 31

2, 5