Question

1. why is the royal proclamation of 1763 important?

2. Who(1) and what(3) does the Indian act have control over?
3. Describe How kanehitto horn, host of podcast, Coffee with my ma, feels about the Indian act.
4. Of the facts you learned about the restrictions imposed by the Indian act, which one did you find the most shocking/surprising? Which one did you think would have the biggest impact on indigenous communities?
5. Despite its problems, why do many indigenous people not want to abolish the Indian act?
6. What does the Indian act tell us about the relationship between the Canadian government and indigenous peoples?

Answer 1

****** most important & shocking : Indian Act :

1. forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families put them in schools where they had to live basically like orphans.

2. led to abuse and cultural genocide & deaths of thousands of children.

3. gave the government control over Indigenous peoples' movement & economy

Positives

1. Intention of the Indian Act was to have the kids forget the indigenous culture & teach them english & canadian european culture & then assimilate them into Canadian ways of life

2. Indian Act DOES give funding for education and healthcare

3. Act has also been used to provide some measure of protection and recognition for Indigenous peoples' rights and interests.

Royal Proclamation of 1763:

helped British people settle in Indigenous territories.

said Indigenous people had control over their land.

made a line to stop fighting between British and Indigenous people.

gave rules for how land could be given or taken from Indigenous people.

1. Why is the Royal Proclamation of 1763 important?

• It's a special document that helped people who were living in Canada a long time ago.

2. Who does the Indian Act havehavehave control over? What does it do?

• The Indian Act controls Indigenous people and communities in Canada.

• It tells them what they can and can't do, and it manages their land.

3. How does Kanehitto Horn feel about the Indian Act?

Kanehitto Horn thinks the Indian Act is bad for Indigenous people.

4. What is the most shocking fact about the Indian Act? What is a big problem?

• The Indian Act let the government take Indigenous children away from their families and put them in bad schools

• The government also controlled where Indigenous people could go and what they could do.

5. Why do some Indigenous people not want to abolish the Indian Act?

• The Indian Act gives them some rights and helps protect them.

• They don't know what would happen if it was gone.

6. What does the Indian Act tell us about the Canadian government and Indigenous people?

• The Canadian government didn't always treat Indigenous people fairly.

• The Indian Act shows how the government took control of Indigenous people's land and lives.

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