Canadian Acts of Self Determination

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Across
  1. 1. Group whose land dispute at Oka centered on protecting a forested area from development.
  2. 3. The Oka Crisis began when the town planned to expand a golf course over this type of site
  3. 4. Political goal of the FLQ related to Quebec’s status within Canada.
  4. 8. 78-day standoff in 1990 between Mohawk land defenders and Canadian forces.
  5. 10. Province created as a result of negotiations following the Red River Resistance.
  6. 11. The national police force involved in managing both the October Crisis and Oka Crisis.
  7. 13. The fourth region of Inuit Nunangat: Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik, and ______.
  8. 14. Group responsible for the two 1970 kidnappings during the October Crisis.
  9. 15. Indigenous nation that resisted Canadian land surveys in 1869, defending their political rights.
  10. 16. Northern territory created in 1999 through a major land-claim agreement.
Down
  1. 2. Federal law invoked during the 1970 FLQ kidnappings to arrest people without charges.
  2. 5. Inuit homeland meaning “the land, water, and ice.”
  3. 6. Decision-making method used in Nunavut’s legislature instead of political parties.
  4. 7. Mohawk community central to the Oka Crisis.
  5. 9. Traditional Inuit practice tied to land-based harvesting and identity.
  6. 11. Métis leader who helped negotiate Manitoba’s entry into Confederation.
  7. 12. Sacred wooded area in Kanesatake threatened by a golf-course expansion.