vocab chapter 3 Flashcards
anglophone
a person whos first language is english
FRancophone
a person whos fist language is french
First n ations
the name of all of the diverse aboriginal peoples
Indian
a name europeans use to calll first nations. Firts nation do not call themslve this
Indian act
Federal legislation related to the rights of first nations. has been amended several times sinse 1876
affirm
to validitate and express commitment to something
ethnocentirsm
the belief that one culture is superior to the other
annuity
an annual payment
assimilate
become part of a different cultural group
autonomy
authority to make descisions
collective rights
rights guaranteed ti specific groups in canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons
collective identity
the shared identity of a group of people because of common language and culture
entrenching
fixing firmly within
official language community
one
of the groups in Canadian society
whose members speak an official
language of Canada — French or
English — as their first language
official language minority
a group in canadian society who speak an official language but do not make up the majority of the poulation in the province they live in
patirate
to bring to a country something that belongs to that country
publicly funded
paid for by taxes and provided by the gov.
reserve
land for exclusive use of FN
scrip
in Métis history, a document
that could be exchanged for land
and that was offered the Métis at
the time the Numbered Treaties
were negotiated
sovereignty
independence as a people,
with a right to self-government
