Exam 4: Aboriginal Peoples

The Calder case gave off-reserve Indians the right to vote in band elections.

Which statement best represents the recommendations of the White Paper?

Which statement best describes Aboriginal self-government principles?

What are some of the challenges that contemporary Aboriginal people in Canada are currently facing?

What is meant by the term "Aboriginal self-government"?

Compare and contrast the 1995 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the 1997 response of the Chrétien government.

Non-status Indians are divided between on- and off-reserve

What is the largest of the Aboriginal linguistic families?

Which statement best describes the Indian Act?

Before 1985, Aboriginal women lost their Indian status if they married a white man.

Aboriginal people now control over 80 percent of Aboriginal Affairs' departmental funding.

What was the significance of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Indian Act, 1876 for Aboriginal inhabitants?

Aboriginal title means a claim to land based on treaty.

Which treaty gave the Crown the power to set aside reserves in exchange for the termination of Indian land, but at the same time providing hunting and fishing benefits on unoccupied Crown Land?

The term "Indian" does not include the Métis and Inuit.

The first provincial comprehensive land claim settlement was the Nisga'a treaty.

According to the Indian Act, which term refers to those Aboriginal Canadians registered with the federal government?

Compare and contrast the three main governance options that address the condition of Aboriginal life in Canada. Which of these options best benefits the Aboriginal people in Canada?

What sparked the Aboriginal movement in Canada?

Which document best supports the ideal of Aboriginal self-government?