First People of Canada Quiz

How many Numbered Treaties are there?

• 13

• 14

• 12

• 11

The First people of Canada gave up their land for smaller pieces of land called

True or False: The British had better relationships with the Indigenous than the French

• True

• False

What is the name of the treaty that affected the Six Nations?

• Treaty #3.14

• The Norfolk-Tract

• The Haldimand-Tract

• The Joseph Brant Treaty

What caused the Indigenous people of Canada to demand that treaties be created?

• The creation of the Indian Act which describes who could be classified as an "indian"

• The signing of the British North American Act which created the country of Canada

• The sale of Rupert's Land without consulting the indigenous people that lived there.

• The creation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

What was the purpose of the Indian Act?

• To apologize for the creation of residential schools

• To gain control over the Indigenous people's land, resources and education

• To restrict Indigenous peoples to living only on reserves.

• To help in the creation of the 11 treaties.

True or False: The government

wanted all Indigenous children to learn the Canadian way of life and grow up to be

contributing members to the Canadian society.

• True

• False

True or False: After the Indian Act was signed Indigenous children had a choice to be school on the reserve or in residential schools.

• True

• False

Which of the following things didn't happened to Indigenous children while they attended a residential school?

• They could only speak English or French

• They couldn't see any of their siblings

• They got 3 nutritious meals a day

• They got electric shocks to "fix" them.

How many nations were united under the the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?