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Jan 1, 1535
Canada is named
Canada's name origionally came from the Huron-Iroquis word for village, 'Kanata'. The name was discovered by Jacques Cartier who met the Iroquis on a journey down the St. Lawrence River. The Iroquis people had pointed to their village of Stadacona and said 'Kanata'. The term was then used loosely to refer to New France and then when Quebec split to Upper and Lower Canada. The name was then used when we became the Province of Canada and in 1867 when we became the Dominion of Canada. -
Etienne Brule goes to live among the Huron
Etienne Brule at sixteen was aboard Samuel de Champlain's ship to the new world. Later, the Native Americans and the French made an exchange to help them get to know each other better. They would both sent one of their own to live among the other. Etienne was then selected by Champlain to live among the Huron and the Chief Iroquet would travel to France. Brule became the first coureur de bois ('runner of the woods') and he adopted the Huron's customs so well that he was barely recognizable. -
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Europeans transfer new diseases to the Native Peoples.
For the first hundred years that the Native Americans came into connection with the Europeans they were overwelmed with diseases. Some of the first diseases transfered were Influenza, smallpox, measles, and typhus fever. This led to a great number of Native American deaths. The Europeans also brought over different things like plants, animals and weeds that weren't biologically supposed to exsist in america. -
Canada's Confederation
Many people first had the idea to join the British North American colonies. Later, the Premiers of the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island wanted to join together. When the Premiers of the Province of Canada, John A. Macdonald asked if they could join also they agreed. Their first meeting was on September 1, 1864 which then led to confederation in 1867, John A. Macdonald being the first Prime MInister. -
Red River Rebellion
After Canada became a country they bought Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869. They then sent surveyors to plot the land. The Metis rebelled and led by Louis Riel stopped them from entering and then created a provisional government. Riel then started working with the Canadian government to establish a province, while Riel was working some of his men were arresting men resisting the provisional government. They then executedThomas Scott for threatening to murder Louis Riel. -
Treaty 1
This treaty was signed in the southern part of Manitoba a year after Manitoba became a province. The First Nations tribes included are the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Fort Alexander(Sagkeeng First Nation), Long Plain First Nation, Peguis First Nation, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, Sandy Bay First Nation and Swan Lake First Nation. The treaty is also known as the Stone Fort Treaty because of the nickname of where it was signed, in Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba. -
Treaty 6
This treaty is spread through most of Saskatewan and Alberta, some in Manitoba. There are eighteen First Nations tribes from Alberta, 30 from Saskatchewan and 2 from Manitoba. These tribes found they should sign the treaty because the population of buffalo was greatly decreasing due to settlers and a smallpox epidemic had broken out and a lot of people were dieing. -
Treaty 7
This treaty was signed with mostly Blackfoot First Nations tribes from the souther part of Aberta. The treaty was first signed on September 22, 1877 but they had another signing on December 4, 1877 so some leaders from the Blackfoot could attend. -
Residential Schools established
The residential schools were established because the canadian government thought it was their responsability to care for the Native Americans. They thought the best way to do this was for them to addopt european traditions. They decided that it was easier to sway the children and then they could teach their sons and daughters, the aboriginal traditions would be lost. The boarding schools were run by churches and funded by the government, all aboriginal children were forced to go. -
Treaty 8
This treaty covers 840,000 square kilometres of land in northern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, northwestern Saskatchewan and the southern part of the North West Territories. This area is bigger then France altogether and the main aboriginal tribes are the Woodland Cree, Dunneza and the Chipewyan. -
Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of Canada
When Saskatchewan and Alberta became a province it was mostly for finacial reasons, also there had been an increse in imigration. The provinces would get government funding if they became a province and in the last decade there had been a great increase in imigration rates. Frederick Haultain the premier of the North-West-Terretories at the time was very vocal on his opinion to support the provinces. -
Residential Schools close
The last residential school to close was White Calf Collegiate school in 1996. Investigations into the previous students led to the schools closing. The investigations revieled the the students had been severely physical, psychological, and sexual abused by teachers. -
Nunavut becomes part of Canada
The province officialy split from the North-West-Territories in 1999 but the boundaries were acctually established in 1993. It is the biggest territory in Canada and the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world.
