Module Two Flashcards
What kind of diseases did the Europeans bring over?
Small Pox
TB (not all forms)
Roughly what percent of the Indigenous population was wiped out?
90-95%
How did disease travel?
Through the trade routes
How many numbered treaties are there?
11 but they do not cover then entire country
What treaties are place on Saskatchewan soil?
2,4,5,6,8,10
What is the largest treaty and where is it located?
Treaty 6 covering most of Saskatchewan.
What is so special about treaty 6?
It holds the medicine chest
What was the main goal of confederation?
To take the Indian out of the Indian
Civilize the savages
What year was the Indian Act established?
1876
What was an Indian Agent?
An individual who became the person who had total control
What was the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
It was prior to confederation and it helped to set up treaty negotiations: land west of the appellations had to be negotiated. It was a peaceful way to give Indians their land rights
What Indigenous groups are found in Saskatchewan?
- Cree
- Lakota, Nakota, Dakota
- Dene
- Soteau
Where were the Assiniboine located?
Saskatchewan Alberta South west Manitoba Northern Montana Western North Dakota
Where were the Blackfoot located?
Southern Alberta
Montana
Where were the Gros Venture located?
Red River Valley (Manitoba)
North Dakota
Montana
The Cree covered the largest territorial range, where were they found?
James Bay Northern Ontario Great Plains Montana North Dakota Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Rockies
Where were the Saulteaux (Ojibwa, Chippewa, and Anushinabbe) found?
Great Lakes
Prairies
Where could you find the Sioux ?
Great Plains Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska Manitoba Saskatchewan
Where were the Dene from?
BC Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba NWT Yukon
Where were the Crow people located?
Missouri River in North Dakota
Yellowstone River Valley Montana
Wyoming
What were bands made of?
Extended families
How large were tribes?
Larger then bands, roughly held from 100 to several hundred people
What happened when some First Nations broke from their original groups in the 1600s and 1700s?
Led to new people’s entirely
What is the Virgin Soil Epidemic?
New waves of diseases that were able to come across in large waves because there was no immunity to the new diseases brought over by the Europeans
