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Royal Proclamation
Prevented any further settlement accross North America until treaties had been negoiated -
Reserve System
Enclosed territories; limting First Nation's ability to participate in Canadian because wealth is related to property. But land on reserves is actually owned by federal government. Any money is distrubed through band councils. -
Indian Act
Provided medical care, hunting & fishing rights but FN ppl had to give up their culture & traditions. -
Aborginal Gain People Suffrage
Before 1960, in order to gain rights as a Canadian citizen, an Aboriginal person have to sacrifice give up his/her Indian status as well as the right to live on a reserve. -
National Indian Brotherhood & Native Council of Canada Formed
Formed to lobby on behalf of Aboriginal people living on reserves -
White Paper
Definition of ‘white paper’ –a document that a government puts forward for discussion. If it is accepted, it may be passed into a law. The 1969 White paper had a protective attitude:-suggested FN should be treated exactly the same as other Cnd citizens (i.e. no reserves, must pay income tax)Issues: changing the reserve system, inadequate housing & education, ill health and poverty in the reservesThe Canadian government (PM Trudeau & Indian Affairs Minister, Jean Chretien) introduced the -
White Paper PART 2
White Paper (an official statement of policy) in an attempt to address the issues facing Aboriginal peoples in Canada.Proposed the:abolition of reserves and seek jobs in citiesand to end the special status for treaty Indians (i.e. no tax) because it was felt that inequality had been the major cause of difficulties.Solution: AssimilationResponse by Aboriginal communitycommunity rejected the proposal because,1) it was seen as an attack on their right to maintain their unique identity -
White Paper PART 3
2) according to many, the changes were nothing more than “cultural genocide”. In essence, the government wanted Aboriginal peoples to become “good little brown white m[e]n”. (Harold Cardinal, elected president of the Indian Association of Alberta 1968-1977)The National Indian Brotherhood’s response:--demanded self-government & control over their own affairs (self government is defined as the right of a colony or cultural group to define the structure, laws and policies that will govern its own -
Residential School Abolished
Band school emerged. These were schools that would allow Aborginal children to study their own language and learn about their own cultures and religons. Problem with this was that schools were located from away from reserves forcing students that wanted to attend to move away from their family. -
Trudeaus Gov't Withdraws The White Paper
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Moving towards self governemnt
Aboriginal peoples want the right to self-government in order to make their own decisions about matters internal to their communities, integral to their unique cultures, traditions and languages, and connected with their relationship to the land and resources. They do not feel that the federal government has their best interests at heart regarding these matters. -
Moving towards self government PART 2
Self-government has been deemed an Aboriginal right. Other rights Aboriginal people have include: the right to control traditional land, to protect beliefs and culture, and to have self-government. Under self-government the areas of responsibility of Aboriginal governments include: policing, health care, and education. -
Canada U.S relations
Canada was in a poor economic situation and the U.S came in to help. Controlling a large portion of Canada's economy. Which put many citizens in concern. -
Creation of Nunavut
Self-government and land claims contunie to be important usses in many other parts of Canada. The creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999 resulted from the largest treaty ever negotiated in Canada. It gave the Inuit of this northern area political control over 2 million square kilometers of the eastern Arctic. -
Assimilation Definition
Is the process by which a persons or groups language and or culture come to resemble those of another group -
Baby Boomers
DISREGARD DATE!
-Baby Boomers were known as "Yuppies"
-In the 1980's most of them were between the ages 20 and 40 -
Generation X and Y
DISREGARD DATE
-Generation X and Y were the generation after the baby boomers and were still smaller.
-Generation X were born between 1965 and 1976
Generation Y were born between mid 1970s and 1990s