Alberta Social Studies 9 Chapter 4 Vocabulary

to validate and express commitment to something

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a person whose first language is English

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an annual payment. Under the Numbered Treaties, annuities are mostly symbolic today.

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become part of a different cultural group

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authority to make decisions

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the shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language or culture

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rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons. (these groups are Aboriginal peoples: First Nations, Metis and Inuit people; Francophones and Anglophones

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fixing firmly within

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the belief that one's culture is superior to all other cultures

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the umbrella name for the diverse Aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada's constitution. The constitution refers to First Nations as "Indians," in keeping witht the name used at the time of negotiating Treaties.

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