Indian Act 1876-1950

The purpose of the Indian Act was to force Canadian government policies of _______ onto Indigenous people while _______ them on reservations.

• integration; placing

• assimilation; segregating

• separation; placing

• civilization; assimilating

First Nations were already facing starvation before signing the treaties and were forced

• to sign them.

• into industrial schools.

• onto reservations.

• to assimilate.

The Indian Act outlawed the right of First Nations to select

• their elders

• their teachers

• their spiritual guides

• their leaders

The reserves lost more land to settlers because

• the Canadian government encouraged it.

• the First Nations wanted to sell it.

• the settlers demanded it

• none of the above

A First Nation person needed a ________ from the __________to leave the reserve.

• licence; government

• pass permit; Indian agent

• treaty card; government

• none of the above

A First Nation person needed _______ to sell, trade or barter produce, crops, timber and livestock.

• proper training

• a government licence

• a treaty card

• a permit

The Indian Act put First Nations people in a distinct legal category as ___________.

• Indians

• citizens

• children

• foreigners

Indian reserves were operated like _____ to protect _________.

• prisons; non-First Nation people's safety

• concentration camps; non-First Nation people's safety

• confinement camps; non-First Nation people's safety

• confinement camps; non-First Nation people's interests

The Canadian Government used _______ to control every part of life for a First Nation person.

• reservations

• pass permits

• the Indian Act

• residential schools

What does assimilation mean?

• Being absorbed into another culture - loss of traditions, language, belief system and heritage.

• To become a circle.

• To walk or march along in formation.