Across
- 2. an area of land that is legally owned by the federal government but is set aside for the use of a specific First Nations group.
- 4. A term for people that have a long history and deep connections to a place. In Canada this term refers to First Nations, Metis and Inuit people who number about 2 million people in Canada
- 5. Indigenous peoples of the Canadian arctic (as well as Greenland, Alaska and Russia)
- 6. Indigenous people of Mixed-ancestry. Descended from European fur traders and First Nations women.
- 7. an act passed by the Canadian government in 1876 which makes “Indians, and the lands reserved for the Indians” the responsibility of the government.
- 8. the first people of the land before it was called "Canada". Different from Inuit people and Metis people.
- 9. Something from the past that impacts people today
Down
- 1. when a smaller group changes its ways to fit into a larger group. This can include the loss of language and culture and can be voluntary or forced.
- 3. school set up for the purpose of educating and assimilating Indigenous children