Across
- 3. To accept the existence of something or someone. (eg. The Metis Land rights were recognized).
- 5. To talk with another group and make a deal with them
- 6. A person that speaks French
- 9. Paid for by taxes and provided by the government
- 10. To make something the same. When a smaller group’s language and culture are taken away, and become part of a larger group.
- 15. The groups in Canada who speak an official Canadian language(English or French) as their first language
- 18. The identity of a group. They have a collective identity because of a shared language or culture.
- 19. One of Canada’s Indigenous peoples whose language and culture is a mix of European and Indigenous peoples’.
- 20. Europeans used the word to describe the Indigenous people of North America. Many people don't prefer this word to describe themselves. It isn’t a word Indigenous people chose for themselves.
- 21. A written law .
- 23. to show you will commit to something, like a promise.
- 24. To have a discussion before doing something.
Down
- 1. The first peoples of Canada. They are the group name for all other first peoples in Canada that are NOT Metis and Inuit. Recognized and protected in Canada’s Constitution.
- 2. The belief that your culture is superior to all other cultures
- 4. Official treaties between many First Nations groups and the Queen of England. Canada’s government is responsible for respecting the treaties.
- 7. Higher in rank, level, status, or quality.
- 8. A time when the Metis rebelled, or fought, against the Canadian Government. The province of Manitoba was created after.
- 11. Special land for First Nations to live on and use
- 12. Schools for Canada’s Indigenous people that took away their language and culture.
- 13. The Numbered Treaties inside Alberta.
- 14. The rights guaranteed to 5 different groups in Canada
- 16. The original people in an area.
- 17. A person that speaks English
- 22. One of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. They live close to the Arctic ocean.
