Midterm Studying Part 4 Flashcards
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Recognized Aboriginal claims to land
British North American Act (1867)
Federal government control of land
Five Treaties (1871-1875)
Ontario, Saskatchewan, Quebec
Indian Act (1876)
Wards of Government
When did residential schools open
1870s
What is the Northwest rebellion?
Unsuccessful uprising of by metis people of sask under Louis Riel. Some groups fought randomly and not for Metis grievances.
Changes to Indian Act (1951)
Removes discriminatory rules (Consumption of alcohol ban removed)
Right to Vote in Federal Election in what year?
1960
The White Paper (1969)
Eliminate reserves, end status of Indians, eliminate Federal and Provincial responsibility
Calder Case (1973)
Indigenous rights to land exist
James Bay Agreement (1975)
Opens way for new hydro projects
Inuvialuit Claims Settlement Act (1984)
The Inuit of the western Arctic control over resources.
Extending Formal Indian Status (1985)
People get their status back for changing to Metis, disenfranchised people living off reserve land, woman who married a non-indigenous man.
Oka Crisis (1990):
Land claims; Golf course on traditional burial ground
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People in what year?
1996
Nunavut created in Western Arctic (1999)
Lands set aside where Inuit can live, hunt and control sub-surface resources.
Nisaga’a Treaty (2000)
Government gives tribe $196 Million over 15 years with self-government and control of resources in northwest British Columbia
Kelowna Accord (2005)
Spend $5 billion over 5 years improving education, health care, living conditions. (Never implemented)
Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People (2007)
Canada didn’t sign until 2010 but only as a non-legally binding document.