Chapter 16 Practice Quiz

. In law, the defining characteristics concerning who is and who is not an Indian or status Indian are both ________.

political and social

social and psychological

biological and social

psychological and biological

biological and geographic

. According to Brooks, there are approximately how many Indigenous languages in Canada?

3

25

45

70

300

. The three of Canada's Indigenous languages that continue to be spoken by significant numbers of people are ________.

Cree, Inuktitut, and Ojibway

Ojibway, Mi'kmaq, and Potawatomi

Inuktitut, Mi'kmaq, and Cree

Cree, Inuktitut, and Chipewyan

Ojibway, Inuktitut, and Potawatomi

. Voting rights were extended to Indigenous Canadians in ________.

1884

1932

1960

1971

1984

. The notion of self-government conceptualized in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples states that ________.

Indigenous sovereignty would constitute a third order of government, similar in stature to municipalities

Indigenous sovereignty must exist alongside and be in no way inferior to the sovereignty of the federal government and that of the provinces

Indigenous sovereignty would constitute a fourth order of government, with less power than municipal governments

Indigenous sovereignty would constitute a third order of government, similar in stature to that of the provinces

Indigenous sovereignty had to be treated under a completely separate set of rules, different from those of all Canadian government structures

. All of the following are major organizations representing Indigenous Canadians, except _______.

the National Treaty Alliance

the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

the Native Women's Association of Canada

the Canadian Tribes Association

the Assembly of First Nations

. Which of the following are the three categories used by Statistics Canada when compiling data around Indigenous peoples in Canada?

Cree, Inuit, Chipewyan

First Nations, Cree, Inuit

First Nations, Métis, Inuit

Ojibway, Mi'kmaq, Inuktitut

Anglophone, Francophone, Métis

. Which Prime Minister was the first to issue a formal apology from the Canadian government to victims of residential schools?

Pierre Trudeau

Justin Trudeau

Stephen Harper

John Diefenbaker

none of the above

. What is Canada's largest reserve?

Golden Lake Reserve in Ontario

Semiahmoo Reserve in British Columbia

Wasagamack First Nation Reserve in Manitoba

Six Nations Reserve in Ontario

none of the above

. The definition of Métis was originally limited to descendants of Indigenous women and European settlers of what region of Canada?

the Hudson's Bay region in Northern Ontario

the Red River region in Manitoba

the rural areas surrounding Quebec City

both a and c

none of the above

. Which of the following is true of the 'sixties scoop'?

as many as 20,000 Indigenous children were affected

between the 1960s and 1980s, Indigenous children were removed from their families and communities and placed with non-Indigenous families

it was assimilationist and resulted in loss of culture

it resulted in a court case and financial compensation for those affected

all of the above

. What country does Brooks note has specific seats in parliament guaranteed to its Indigenous peoples?

Australia

France

New Zealand

both a and c

all of the above

. The case of Regina v. Sparrow addressed ___________.

Indigenous property rights

residential schools

reconciliation processes

none of the above

all of the above

. Indigenous peoples have always figured prominently in the mainstream interpretations of Canadian history and society.

True

False

. Quebec nationalist intellectuals were enthusiastic supporters of the notion of national self-determination.

True

False

. Indigenous leadership supported the Liberal government's 1969 White Paper.

True

False

. The pressures on Indigenous Canadians to assimilate to the dominant culture are weaker on reserves and in Nunavut.

True

False

. Nunavut was created in 1910.

True

False

. Efforts at assimilating the Indigenous population were much more rigorous under the British than under the French.

True

False

. The 1969 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples started from the premise that Indigenous Canadians constitute First Peoples whose sovereignty should be respected by the government of Canada.

True

False

. Telefilm Canada began to fund television programs in Indigenous languages as early as in 1966.

True

False

. Between 1996 and 2006, the number of persons self-identifying as Métis in Canada doubled, and increased by an additional 50% between 2006 and 2016.

True

False

. Indigenous peoples in Canada were granted the right to vote in 1960, but still experienced distinct and limited legal and social status, as well as civil rights.

True

False

. There has been a decrease of Indigenous broadcasting, and its financial and political support, in recent decades.

True

False

. More than half of employees in the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs identify as Indigenous.

True

False

. The Charlottetown Accord proposed seats for Indigenous members of Senate.

True

False

. Canada was one of four countries worldwide that did not sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

True

False

. The Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs received its current name in 2015, although it had several different names before that.

True

False

. Section 35 of the Canadian constitution details Aboriginal rights.

True

False

. The term 'First Nations' has a legal definition in Canada.

True

False

. Retention rates of most Indigenous languages in Canada have decreased in recent decades.

True

False

. All of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples have been acted on.

True

False

. The meanings of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and self-government are often ambiguous and difficult to reach consensus upon.

True

False

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