Vocabulary
Indian- Indigenous people of North America
Sovereignty – Supreme power or authority
Reserve- Land set aside for use of Natives
Numbered Treaties – A series of Eleven Treaties signed between aboriginal the peoples of Canada and the Monarch of Canada from 1871 to 1921.
Law Policy – A policy about law surrounding first nations
Entrenching – To establish an attitude, habit or belief so firmly that change is very difficult
Patriate – Transfer control over (a constitution) from a mother country to its former dependency
Assimilate – People of different backgrounds are forced to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Ethnocentrism – Belief in superiority of ones own ethnic group
Indian Act – Defines who is an Indian and contains legal rights and legal disabilities for registered Indians.
Indian- Indigenous people of North America
Sovereignty – Supreme power or authority
Reserve- Land set aside for use of Natives
Numbered Treaties – A series of Eleven Treaties signed between aboriginal the peoples of Canada and the Monarch of Canada from 1871 to 1921.
Law Policy – A policy about law surrounding first nations
Entrenching – To establish an attitude, habit or belief so firmly that change is very difficult
Patriate – Transfer control over (a constitution) from a mother country to its former dependency
Assimilate – People of different backgrounds are forced to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Ethnocentrism – Belief in superiority of ones own ethnic group
Indian Act – Defines who is an Indian and contains legal rights and legal disabilities for registered Indians.