Collective Rights Review (Aboriginal Peoples) Question Preview (ID: 40962)


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Which Canadian politician tried to preserve Metis rights and culture and led the Northwest Resistance?
a) Chief Morris Scennacappo
b) Louis Riel
c) Howard Sibbald
d) Pierre Trudeau

In 1990, Alberta's government enacted legislation that gave the Metis
a) the right to manage their own affairs
b) a permanent land base
c) rights to develop oil and gas resources on settlement lands
d) all of the above

The numbered treaties are in the provinces of Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and...
a) Quebec
b) Northwest Territories
c) New Brunswick
d) Prince Edward Island

First Nations peoples disagree with the view that they gave up their land under the Treaties because
a) they did not sign any Treaties
b) the Treaties said that they could share the land with non-First Nations peoples
c) the Treaties expired in 2000
d) that was not the spirit and intent of the Treaties

Because the Canadian government believed that First Nations peoples needed guidance, it created which of the following?
a) Numbered Treaties
b) Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
c) Aboriginal Rights
d) Indian Act

Which of the following is described as the belief that one's own culture is superior to all other cultures?
a) ethnocentrism
b) bias
c) conceited
d) prejudice

Metis are considered to be
a) First Nations peoples
b) Native peoples
c) Aboriginal peoples
d) Inuit peoples

In 1990, new legislation gave the Metis settlements in Alberta more ________, so that they could make their own decisions and manage their own affairs.
a) control
b) independence
c) heteronomy
d) autonomy

Collective rights are part of the dynamic relationship between the government of Canada and the government of the United States.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The terms of the Numbered Treaties were the same for each Treaty.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Under the Indian Act, the government of Canada appointed Indian Agents to run the reserves without consulting the First Nations peoples.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Residential schools were used as a way to assimilate and educate First Nations peoples.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The Numbered Treaties in Alberta include Treaties 6, 7 and 8.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The Indian Act has been amended numerous times over the years.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Alberta and Manitoba are the only two provinces in Canada that have permanent Metis settlements.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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