Week 10

Question 1

Aboriginal or First Peoples

Answer 1

Refers to ALL original peoples in North America and their descendants

Question 2

Indian

Answer 2

Refers to the legal identity of a first nations person who is registered under the Indian act

Question 3

First Nations

Answer 3

Refers to all those people called “indian”

Question 4

Indigenous people

Answer 4

used interchangeably with first nations

Question 5

Metis

Answer 5

Refers to people of aboriginal and mixed European ancestry

Question 6

Inuit

Answer 6

Replaces the term “Eskimo” and refers to aboriginal people who live primarily in Arctic Canada

Question 7

Indian Act

Answer 7

federal government obligations and regulates the management of Indian reserve lands, Indian moneys, and other resources. the act defines an Indian as a” person who is registered as an Indian or is entitled to be registered as an Indian”

Question 8

Infant Mortality

Answer 8

Refers to the number of infants who die in the first year after birth per 1000 births

Question 9

What are some health inequities seen in Aboriginal communities?

Answer 9

lower life expectancy
higher infant mortality
higher rate of diabetes, tuberculosis, HIV, CVD, violence, cancer, High blood pressure

Question 10

Economic and social conditions of Aboriginal peoples

Answer 10

Higher poverty and unemployment rates
Lower levels of education
4X more likely to commit suicide

Question 11

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Answer 11

Created by the Canadian Gov. in 1991 to address economic, social and political issues related to First nations, Metis and Inuit people in Canada. They came up with hundreds of ideas to address the inequities faced by the Aboriginal People

Question 12

Colonialism

Answer 12

A process by which one nation imposes itself economically, politically and socially upon another

Question 13

Social Determinants of health due to Colonialism of Aboriginal Peoples

Answer 13

Relocation of communities 
loss of land and resources 
creation of the reserve system 
forced removal of children and subsequent placement into residential schools 
racist attitudes 
forced assimilation

Question 14

Royal Proclamation of 1763

Answer 14

Recognized Aboriginals as autonomous political entities with a right to have their own land and govern their own affairs

Question 15

Assimilate

Answer 15

Expectation that Aboriginal People and Immigrants will give up their culture and become indistinguishable from the dominant Canadian majority

Question 16

4 key policies of the Indian Act

Answer 16

1. Definition of who is/is not Indian
2. Imposed system of Governance
3. Creation of reserve system
4. Establishment of residential schools

Question 17

Residential schools were established to..

Answer 17

1. Remove Aboriginal children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures
2. prepare children for life in white society