Lesson 8: Numbered Treaties Pg 24-28

Question 1

How many treaties did the canadian government negotiate between 1871 and 1921

Answer 1

Eleven treaties were negotiated

Question 2

What was the purpose of numbered treaties

Answer 2

They were supposed to balance the needs of incoming settlers, and the traditions of the first nation

Question 3

Why did canada not follow the u?United states steps

Answer 3

The american government spent millions of Dollars fighting first nations people’s to get their land. Canada’s government could not afford to make the same mistakes. So they negotiated Treaties instead

Question 4

What did the first nations people want to ensure when negotiating treaties

Answer 4

In exchange for allowing the settlers on their land first nations wanted to ensure that people would get the assistance they needed to adapt to the new way of life.

Question 5

How did the government view the number treaties versus the first nations

Answer 5

The government saw the treaties as the first nations’ agreement to surrender their claim to the land first. nation leaders saw the treaties as agreements to share the land.

Question 6

How did the europeans and first nations worldview differ when signing Treatise

Answer 6

European’s worldview saw cheaties as a business contract, whereas first stations broke theo saw them as sacred oaths

Question 7

Five word interpreter is needed

Answer 7

The government and the first nation’s leaders did dance, speak the same languages. Interpreters were used to bridge the gap between the languages, which proved difficult When there were words that could not be described in the first nation’s language

Question 8

Why is it believe that interpreters do a bad job of interpreting the treaties

Answer 8

It stopped that the interpreters were government employees that were under pressure to present the government’s terms in the best possible light, leading to first nation leaders, not fully understand the implications of being asked.

Question 9

What did the hudson bay company require the government to do when negotiating treaties

Answer 9

The company made sure that the deal contained at least some protection for the aboriginal interests

Question 10

Why did the canadian government buy rupert’s land

Answer 10

They bought rupert’s land off of hudson bay company 3hundred thousand dollars, which made them responsible for the North quebec, to the rocky mountains and arctic.Giving them more land for settlers

Question 11

What date was treaty one made

Answer 11

1871

Question 12

What year was treaty two made

Answer 12

1871

Question 13

What year was treatie three made

Answer 13

1873

Question 14

What year was treaty 4 made

Answer 14

1874

Question 15

What year was treaty five made

Answer 15

1875

Question 16

What year was treaty six made

Answer 16

1876

Question 17

When was treaty seven made

Answer 17

1877

Question 18

When was treaty 8 made

Answer 18

1899

Question 19

When was treaty 9 made

Answer 19

1905

Question 20

When was Treaty 10

Answer 20

1906

Question 21

When was treaty 11 made

Answer 21

1921

Question 22

Why did the federal government make treaty one in treaty, two

Answer 22

The federal government launch land for farming. First nations, we’re expected to adapt to an agriculture economy instead of hunting, fishing and trapping

Question 23

Why did the federate government do treaty 3 to treaty seven

Answer 23

The federal government wants land for construction of a railway across the west

Question 24

Why did the federate government create treaty eight

Answer 24

The federal government wants to secure overland Access to yukon, gold discoveries

Question 25

Why did the federal government make treaty nine

Answer 25

The federal government wanted to secure access to natural resources such as timber in northern ontario

Question 26

Why did the federal government make treaty eleven and ten

Answer 26

The federal government initiates treaties after covering of oil at fort williams