Module Three

Question 1

How do you describe little m Metis people?

Answer 1

Often seen as mixed people. Anybody with mixed descent. It takes meaning away from the actual Big M Metis people. It is based on biology not culture

Question 2

When and where was the Red River Resistance?

Answer 2

1869-1870 in Winnipeg Manitoba

Question 3

When and where was the north west resistance?

Answer 3

1885 in batoche

Question 4

What is a scrip?

Answer 4

voucher for land or money (happened after 1885)

Question 5

What did the Buffalo hunt provide?

Answer 5

A provisional government that was later used elsewhere

Question 6

what is the Metis nation?

Answer 6

Metis national council

Question 7

What does half breed mean?

Answer 7

Anybody who was part Indian, but was not Indian under the Indian act. It is now a unacceptable term

Question 8

What are the qualities that define Metis?

Answer 8

Mixedness
Self identification 
Common culture
Shared history & political community
Historical self ascription as Metis
Accepted by Metis community

Question 9

Where is the Metis homeland?

Answer 9

Extends from the Great Lakes through to Northen British Columbia and into the Arctic

Question 10

What was very important on the prairies ?

Answer 10

Alliances with other people

Question 11

How were Metis people originally define?

Answer 11

By culture and the Buffalo hunt

Question 12

When was the structure of the Buffalo hunt standardized?

Answer 12

1830s

Question 13

What was the reign of terror?

Answer 13

Canada arranged military to visit Manitoba and create negotiations but ended up kicking the Metis out.

Question 14

What was the half breed scrip?

Answer 14

Metis people would be given 160 acres or dollars from the province for giving up their Indian status

Question 15

How do you describe Big M Metis people?

Answer 15

People who have a common culture and history, coming from the same place. It is based on culture not biology

Question 16

When was Louis Riel brought into negotiations, and for what?

Answer 16

He was brought in 1885 during the Saskatchewan resistance to earn land set aside specifically for Metis people

Question 17

When was the union national Metis Saint Joseph founded ?

Answer 17

In Winnipeg in 1887

Question 18

What was the Metis betterment act of 1938?

Answer 18

It was basically a reserve for Metis, but rather then being governed by the Indian act, it is governed by the Metis settlement act. This is only in Alberta

Question 19

What were somethings created by the Metis Nation to help the Metis people and ensure they were given the best possible place?

Answer 19

Housing
Employment services
Training services
Education

Question 20

When was Louis Riel brought into negotiations, and for what?

Answer 20

He was brought in 1885 during the Saskatchewan resistance to earn land set aside specifically for Metis people

Question 21

When was the union national Metis Saint Joseph founded ?

Answer 21

In Winnipeg in 1887

Question 22

What was the Metis betterment act of 1938?

Answer 22

It was basically a reserve for Metis, but rather then being governed by the Indian act, it is governed by the Metis settlement act. Thais is only in Alberta

Question 23

What were somethings created by the Metis Nation to help the Metis people and ensure they were given the best possible place?

Answer 23

Housing
Employment services
Training services
Education

Question 24

What is sovereignty?

Answer 24

The rights to self-government, territorial integrity, and cultural autonomy

Question 25

What does racialized mean?

Answer 25

How the dominant Colonizer ascribes racial characteristics to a group in order to dominate individuals

Question 26

What is section 25?

Answer 26

Protects the 1763 rights and land claim settlements

Question 27

What is section 35?

Answer 27

Recognizes existing aboriginal And treaty rights

Question 28

What is section 37?

Answer 28

First ministers conference on aboriginal peoples with premiers and aboriginal representatives

Question 29

What is a reserve

Answer 29

Means a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in the crown

Question 30

What is enthnocentrism?

Answer 30

Viewing through your own worldview