Canada's Affirmed Collective Rights: T/F (Issues for Cdns)

Collective rights are part of the dynamic relationship between the government of Canada and the

government of the U.S.

• True

• False

The term First Nations refers to Aboriginal peoples such as Metis and Inuit.

• True

• False

Britain created the Numbered Treaties proclamation when it was trying to establish control over land that formerly belonged to France.

• True

• False

The terms of the Numbered Treaties were the same for each Treaty.

• True

• False

British Columbia would only join Confederation if the government agreed to build a railway to connect it to the rest of Canada.

• True

• False

First Nations negotiated Treaties so they could own the land that they lived on.

• True

• False

Under the Indian Act, the government of Canada appointed Indian Agents to run the reserves without consulting the First Nations peoples.

• True

• False

Residential schools were used as a way to assimilate and educate First Nations peoples.

• True

• False

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau did not agree with including the rights of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples in the constitution when he first led patriation negotiations in 1982.

• True

• False

The Numbered Treaties in Alberta include Treaties 6, 7, and 8.

• True

• False