Unit 5 - Collective Rights
ELO: Identify the ways in which justice, humility and mercy appear in the collective rights afforded to First Nations people, Metis, Inuit, Francophones and Anglophones within Canada.
Terminology:
Affirm
Annuity
Anglophone
Assimilate
Autonomy
Collective Identity
Collective Rights
Entrenching
Ethnocentrism
First Nations
Francophone
Indian
Indian Act
Inherent Rights
Official Language Community
Official Language Minority
Patriate
Publicly Funded
Reserve
Residential Schools
Scrip
Sovereignty
Treaty
Treaty Information Sites
- Treaty 6
- Treaty 6 - Here is another site
- Treaty 6 Government of Canada
- Treaty 7 Government of Canada
- Treaty 7
- Treaty 8
- Treaty 8
- Treaty 8 Government of Canada
Residential Schools
Metis
Study Questions
- What are Collective Rights? How are they different from Individual Rights? - Who holds Collective Rights in Canada?
- Why do some people have Collective Rights and not others?
- What legislation relates to Collective Rights?
- What are the Numbered Treaties? Who were they negotiated between?
- Why were the numbered treaties negotiated?
- What are the 2 different views/perspectives on the numbered treaties?
- Briefly explain what the Indian Act was and how it has changed over time:
- Explain in your own words what an official language minority is and provide an example: - What are the charter rights of official language groups?
- How do collective rights for Anglophones and Francophones affect citizenship and quality of life in Canada?
- List and briefly explain some historical events that reflect the Métis struggle to gain collective rights: - How does the recognition of Métis rights affirm their identity?