Week 4

Question 1

What community does big bear belong to

Answer 1

-cree

Question 2

What is the main thing Big bear did

Answer 2

-had to sign treaty 6 because his people were starving and he had no other choice

Question 3

When did big bear sign treaty 6

Answer 3

-1882

Question 4

Why were big bears people starving

Answer 4

-the government was killing the buffalo out of spite

Question 5

What was treaty 6

Answer 5

-chiefs had to give up rights to land
-everyone was given $5 per year in exchange
-would provide schools, hospitals on land to help them etc.

Question 6

Insurrection

Answer 6

-north-west resistance was fighting against government about treaty 6
-led to violent outbreak with 9 people dying

Question 7

What happened to big bear

Answer 7

-government did not believe his position on the violence
-was arrested and tried for treason
-was sentenced to 3 years in penitentiary in Manitoba

Question 8

Did big bear agree with the northwest-resistance attacks

Answer 8

-no
-stayed behind to protect his people and tried to tell government he was not involved

Question 9

Is treaty 6 still in place

Answer 9

-yes, everyone still gets $5 per year

Question 10

What is the goal of treaties

Answer 10

-used as an assimilation tactic against indigenous people

Question 11

Where was charlie watt born

Answer 11

-nunavik

Question 12

What community did charlie watt belong to

Answer 12

-inuit

Question 12

EXAM: What was the first modern treaty

Answer 12

-james bay and northern quebec agreement (JBNQA)

Question 13

EXAM: What was charlie watts main accomplishment

Answer 13

-led negotiations for JBNQA

Question 14

How many years did charlie watt work in the canadian senate

Answer 14

-34 years

Question 15

What was the JBNQA about

Answer 15

-including self-government components and lay foundations for new relationship between cree, inuit, naskapi, and government

Question 16

What was wrong with the transfer of power of inuit land to quebec

Answer 16

-did not consult the inuit people
-they did not know until years later
-does not represent informed consent

Question 17

What is the main way that collective action can be recognized

Answer 17

-by bringing concerns to the USA or international
-have investors withdraw support

Question 18

Example of collective actions

Answer 18

-constitution express
-james bay hydroelectric project

Question 19

What was frank calder known as

Answer 19

-the man who could move a mountain

Question 20

What community did frank calder belong to

Answer 20

-nisga’a people

Question 21

What was the calder case

Answer 21

-supreme court of canada case
-1973
-first time that government acknowledged existence of aboriginal title to land

Question 22

Outcome of calder case

Answer 22

-lost on a technicality
-but paved the way for nisga’a treaty

Question 23

What was the Niska’a treaty

Answer 23

-BC’s first modern treaty

Question 24

When was Niska'a treaty signed

Answer 24

-2000

Question 25

How many years of advocacy did nisga'a treaty come into play after

Answer 25

-113 years

Question 26

How was frank calder dismissed as a cabinet minister

Answer 26

-very publicly -act of assimilation

Question 27

What was jeanette corbiere lavell known as

Answer 27

-the matriarch of first nations women -the north star

Question 28

What did jeanette corbiere lavell do

Answer 28

-wanted to challenge section 12 1B of indian act

Question 29

What was section 12 1B of the indian act

Answer 29

-a woman who married a person who is not an indian is not entitled to be registered anymore

Question 30

Where did she start her work

Answer 30

-toronto

Question 31

EXAM: What do indian women who "marry out" receive

Answer 31

-letter of erasure -$35

Question 32

What happened with the lavell v canada case

Answer 32

-indian act was not appealed

Question 33

What award was jeanette corbiere lavell given

Answer 33

-inspire award

Question 33

Aftermath of lavell v canada case

Answer 33

-bill c-31 repealed section 35 -she still didn't have same level of status

Question 34

What is coffee house culture

Answer 34

-jeanette was creating spaces where she was working where people could gather and share ideas

Question 35

Where was elsie knott born

Answer 35

-curve lake -near peterborough

Question 35

What was was elsie knotts first language

Answer 35

-ojibwe

Question 36

Education struggles of elsie knott

Answer 36

-she attended an english language school ran by indian affairs on the reserve -she only spoke ojibwe

Question 37

How many terms did elsie knott serve for as chief

Answer 37

-7 terms

Question 38

What is the double burden

Answer 38

-when people are discriminated against on the basis of being a woman but also because of being indigenous

Question 39

What was the juvenile delinquents act

Answer 39

-government would train women to behave properly -if they did not they would be severely punished

Question 40

What did elsie knott decline during her position as chief

Answer 40

-salary for 8 years

Question 41

How did elsie knott oppose the white paper

Answer 41

-burned it and danced in it

Question 42

What was the knott bus service

Answer 42

-elsie knott wanted to support students living on curve lake reserve to go to highschool -drove the bus herself for 34 years

Question 43

What did elsie knott revive and why did she have to do this

Answer 43

-the pow wow -had to do this because the indian act banned it (dancing)

Question 44

What was the original knott bus service car

Answer 44

-hearse

Question 45

What community was sharon mcivor from

Answer 45

-lower nicola

Question 46

What did sharon mcivors student counselor tell her

Answer 46

-she was reaching too high by wanting to be a teacher

Question 47

Why did sharon mcivor start fighting for indian status

Answer 47

-she wanted to regain full status for her and her children

Question 48

How many years did it take for the sharon mciver case to be heard

Answer 48

-17 years

Question 49

What was the decision for the sharon mcivor case

Answer 49

-resulted in bill C-3 -which allowed people to regain status

Question 50

Was bill C-3 a complete solution

Answer 50

-no -descendants of women still to not have the same rights of descendants of men

Question 51

What is the goal of indian decendant calculations

Answer 51

-to reduce number of people eligible for status as fast as possible -eventually have 0 people eligible

Question 52

What does the hele case represent

Answer 52

-in order to get everyone their status back, its having to be done tiny pieces at a time

Question 53

What bill did sharon mciver want to address problems with

Answer 53

-bill C-31

Question 54

When could indigenous women vote

Answer 54

-1960