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Indigenous Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge about Indigenous history, culture, and treaties in Canada with this engaging quiz! Perfect for anyone interested in learning more about Indigenous peoples and their rights.

Explore various topics, including:

Numbered Treaties
Metis Settlements
Indigenous languages
Residential schools

22 Questions6 MinutesCreated by CaringEagle25

In Canada, Indigenous People include:

Metis and First Nation

Aboriginal, First Nation, Metis and Inuit

First Nation and Inuit only. Metis are Aboriginal.

First Nation, Metis and Inuit

Treaties were signed before Alberta was a Province. How many Treaty areas are in the borders of Alberta?

Metis Settlements are in which Province(s)?

Manitoba

Alberta

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Every Province in Canada

Maskwacis is the original Cree name of the four Nations collective including Samson Cree Nation, Louis Bull Tribe, Montana Band and Ermineskin. What does Maskwacis mean?

Land of the Cree

Bear Clan

Bear Hills

Buffalo Roams

What is Michif?

A language that is a combination of French and Cree and is spoken by Metis

Metis Treaties signed by Louis Riel in 1869

A Cree word of Lesser Slave Lake

A ceremony that is held four times a year for Metis people

The international community now recognizes that special measures are required to protect the rights of Indigenous people and maintain their distict cultures and ways of life. This is why the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted. What year was the declaration passed?

2000

2005

2019

2007

O'Chiese First Nation is in what Treaty area?

Treaty 6

Treaty 8

Treaty 7

O'Chiese First Nation is not in Alberta

Residential Schools, outlawing Ceremony, the Pass System and the Band Council system were just a few policies that were implemented under the following:

Gradual Assimiliation Act

The White Paper 1969

The Indian Act

Treaty Agreements

What is the Pass System?

Contracts with the Crown to extinguish Aboriginal land title to make way for Settlers

Passing down Treaty Rights and Status to the next generation, providing continuation of Indian Status

Any First Nations person who wanted to leave their community, for any reason, had to have a pass approved by the reserve's Indian agent that they would carry with them, stipulating the leave's purpose and duration

A unique and grading system First Nations used for assimiliation and attaining enfranchisement

Aseniwuche Winewak Nation (AWN) are Indigenous people that live in the area near present day Grande Cache. What does Aseniwuche Winewak mean?

Cree for "The Lost First Peoples of New Mexico"

Cree for "Where the Mountains Meet the Prairie"

Cree for "Rocky Mountain People"

Cree for "Russian Railway"

Blackfoot Confederacy includes the following Nations:

All Treaty 7 Nations in Alberta

Fort McKay, Tsuut'ina and Chiniki Nations

Piikiini, Siksika and Maskwacis Nations

Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations

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