Week 3 Flashcards
Describe in 10 ways the Indian Act limited the rights of Indigenous people in Canada.
- Denied indigenous women’s status (marriage to non status person would result in her losing her status)
- Created Indian reserves
- Imposed elected chief and band council system
- Prohibition on sale of ammunition and intoxicants to Indigenous people
- Renamed Indigenous individuals with European names
- Declared cultural ceremonies illegal
- Denied right to vote
- Declared cultural regalia illegal in public spaces
- Forbade right to form political organizations
- Created residential school system
When did the last redidential school close?
1996.
Who were the Recollets? How were they involved in residential schools?
A French order in New France in the 1620s-1680s. They established boarding schools for both European and Indigenous children. Marked the start of the idea of residential schools.
What was the Davin Report?
A report published in 1879 which advises the Canadian government to institute a boarding system for indigenous children under the church.
What was the 60’s scoop?
When residential schools started to close in the 1960s, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their homes by social workers and placed in foster homes, typically under white parents.
Identify 3 recommendations from the Royal Comission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991).
- Recognition to Indigenous self governance
- Initiatives on education and child welfare
- Recognized that the Indian Act debilitates discrimination against indigenous peoples
Identify 5 action categories expressed in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Child welfare
- Education
- Health
- Justice
- Reconciliation
- Language and culture
Identify 3 ways Indigenous groups are taking action to have better support in healing of fellow Indigenous folks (For Love Documentary).
- Communities are practicing more cultural births, Indigenous midwives
- Learning their cultural language to keep it alive
