Vocab Words #4 Flashcards
Anglophone
A person whose first language is English
First Nations
An umbrella name for the diverse aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are protected
Francophone
A person whose first language is French
Indian
Europeans used the word Indian to describe the First Nations if North America
Indian Act
Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations peoples; passed in 1876
Affirm
To validate and express commitment to something
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one’s culture is superior than all other cultures
Annuity
An annual payment
Assimilate
Become part of a different cultural group
Autonomy
Authority to make decisions
Collective identity
The shared identity of a group of ppl especially because of a common language and culture
Collective rights
Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional purposes
Entrenching
Fixing firmly within
Official language community
One of the groups in Canadian society whose members speak and official language (English or French)
Patriate
To bring something to the country that belongs to the country
Publicity funded
Paid for by taxes and provided by government
Scrip
I’m Métis history, a document that could be exchanged for land and that was offered the Métis at the time numbered treaties were negotiated
Reverse
Land for the exclusive use of First Nations
Sovereignty
Independence as ppl with a right to self government
Official language minority
A group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages (English or French) and that does not make up the majority population of a province or territory
