Indigenous politics

10 important questions on Indigenous politics

What are the diabetic rates amongst the first nations and metis groups?

5 times the national average.

What is the Indian act?

It is a bill that was passed in 1876. An Indian or status Indian is anyone who has been registered or is entitled to be registered under the Indian act.

What is the reserve system?

A system created to provide small, fixed homelands for indians, mainly in remote or rural areas.
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What are the conditions like on reserves?

  • Rates of suicide, alcoholism, and violent death are higher then the average cdn.
  • Most reserves are located in rural areas and are difficult to get to
  • Physical isolation reduces job and education opportunities

What did the 1969 white paper propose?

  • The total dismantling of the Indian affairs bureaucracy
  • an end to the reserve system
  • the end of different status for Indians under the law
  • the transfer of responsibility for the education, health care, and social needs of Indians to the provinces

What did the Indians think of the white paper?

They felt it was offensive to them.

What was the royal commission on aboriginal people? (rcap)

To investigate and propose solutions to the challenges affecting relationships between aboriginal people, cdn government, and Canadian society.

What are the three phases in terms of the indigenous people?

  1. Assimilation
  2. Integration
  3. self-determination

What is the royal proclamation?

From 1763, this is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America.

Who issued the royal proclamation?

King George III after Britain won the seven years war.

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