FNMI Quebec Contending Loyalties

What is a contending loyalty?

• Showing devotion to one's country

• Having loyalties that are in conflict with one another

• Showing loyalty to more than one person or thing

• A loyalty that is not related to concepts of nation

Answer explanation

When loyalties are contending they may be in conflict or may be competing with one another.

What was the purpose of the Indian Act?

• Provide Indigenous people in Canada with rights and freedoms

• Grant Indigenous People in Canada land

• Control Indigenous people in Canada

• Legalize the Residential School system

Why didn't Indigenous people in Canada support The White Paper?

The Oka Crisis was a fight over:

What does "self-government" mean?

• A group no longer has to follow federal laws

• A group is able to govern themselves

• A group is able to vote for their desired government

This is a basic human right that some Indigenous people in Canada do not have access to.

Draw/highlight some features of Canada that create challenges to national unity. Add as many as you can.

What is "conscription?"

• Mandatory military service

• Voluntary military service

Why was there a conscription crisis in Canada in 1917?

What did the FLQ want?