Week 11 Flashcards
What the the elected chief, Bev Sellars, talk about?
The early effects of the Indian Act
What term is used to describe the loss, voluntary or not, of the Indian Status?
Enfranchisement
What special event happened on the day the creation of the Haudenausonee confederacy happened?
Eclipse
What are the three conditions to be defined as an Indian?
1- Any male person with Indian blood, related to a particular clan
2- their children
3- their wife
What is the primary objective of the Indian Act?
To control and assimilate indigenous groups all over Canada
What governance structure replaces the traditional one?
Band council
What consequences does it have within indigenous groups?
Conflicts
What is the name of the system that controls the peoples that leave reserve grounds?
The pass system
Which ceremonial gathering was banned around the time of instauration of the Indian Act?
Potlatch
What is the idea behind the second generation cut-off?
6(1) 6(2) and no status
What type of stereotype did Justin Bieber play a role in spreading?
He says that indigenous groups get a lot of free stuff
Do indigenous people receive enough funding from the government to cover everyone, for healthcare and schooling?
Naur
