First Nations Treaty Process - Making Connections CH 17 Pg.

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1. What were Treaties?

2. What is a First Nation?

3. Why and how were treaties made?

4. What is a Reserve?

5. What principles did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 create?

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b.

6. What was the Indian Act of 1876 and what did it do?

7. What are 3 things that were unfair about the Indian Act of 1876?

8. Why did the treaties fail to meet the needs of The Aboriginal peoples?

9. What was a residential school?

10. What does assimilation mean and why is this not really what modern Canada stands for?

11. How are modern treaties different from those signed in the past?

12. What is the difference between a comprehensive treaty and a specific claim?
 Nunavut Canada’s Newest Territory – Making Connections pg. 206

1. What does Nunavut mean?

2. How is the population different than the rest of Canada?

3. What could the population of Nunavut be compared to?

4. What are some of the reasons for such a different pyramid than that of Canada?

5. Why was Nunavut created?

6. What is different about the way Nunavut is governed?

7. Why is it a very slow process (1998-2009) to become fully self-governing?

8. What are the challenges facing Nunavut?

9. Describe the 2 specific issues facing Nunavut.

10. Describe the feelings in the other half of the old NWT.