Indigenous Resource Rights Flashcards
failure to consult is grounds to quash a decision on purely procedural basis.
true
Metis and status Indian mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.
false
the Inuit were the first to sign treaties even before Canada became a country.
false
the duty to consult rulings, the onus to consult is on the project initiator and not the government.
false
the duty to consult is triggered as a law threshold.
true
due to duty to consult rulings, there is always an obligation to reach an agreement.
false
Saskatchewan is part of the Metis homeland.
true
at one time Metis people were known as half breeds.
true
The question of what each party truly meant during the treaty negotiations arose almost immediately
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.
Which duty to consult case was the first to go all the way to the supreme court of Canada.
haida nation vs. bc government
The Powley case took place where?
ontario
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?
Inalienable
The ___ word means completely free from constitutional or other restraint or limitation?
PEI
The numbered Canadian treaties concluded within which 50-year period?
1871-1921
In 1876 the government of Canada arbitrarily passed ___ imposing several oppressive restrictions on first nation peoples?
indian act
This treaty was concluded at fort Qu’Appelle and involved the Cree and Salteaux Indians of southeastern Saskatchewan?
treaty 4
Years of each treaty?
Treaty 2- 1871, treaty 4- 1874, treaty 5- 1875, treaty 60 1876, treaty 8- 1899, treaty 10- 1906
Aboriginal rights are those rights which people have due to?
Traditional use and occupancy of lands
This treaty concluded in 1906 with the Cree and Chipewyan Indians of northwestern Saskatchewan?
treaty 10
Ruperts land has been granted to? The
Hudson Bay company
Which 4 treaties are most prominent in Saskatchewan
4,6,8,10
Certain provisions of the Indian act terminated status Indians in various ways/circumstances, including all except?
Failure to practice laws and customs of Indians.
A status Indian who belongs to a first nation that signed a treaty with the crown.
Treaty Indian
What bill featured entitlement of “Indian” status to woman who had previously lost their status through marriage to non-Indians?
bill c-31
Which duty to consult case was the first case to go all the way to the BC court of appeals?
halfway rivers vs. BC
Aboriginal Rights are those rights which people have due to what?
stature 35 of the constitution
Which one of these were not a promise to those Aboriginals signing a land Treaty?
buffalo populations return to normal
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
e
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
a
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):
prince ruperts land
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
d
What Bill returned entitlement of “Indian” Status to women who had previously lost their status
through marriage to non-Indians?
Bill c-31
Which two Treaties have the “Least” land in Saskatchewan?
2, 5
