History Crossword

5. power to govern and make laws is held by a strong central government
6. an area of land set aside for the use of a specific group of Aboriginal people
7. territory that was granted by the English Crown to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670
9. series of 11 treaties between First Nations people and Canadian government
14. collective term for the original peoples of Canada
17. crucial transportation network of tracks trains and operators
18. a Canadian Maritime province

1. power to govern and make laws is diveded between the central and regional governments
2. a group of independent states or organizations that join together
3. legally recognized Status Indians
4. Canada, the name for the self-governing nation formed in 1867 when British colonies united, signifying a step towards independence but still under the British Crown
6. major North American river flowing north from the U.S. into Lake Winnipeg
8. Métis leader
10. Canada's smallest province
11. was the Canadian law that created the province of Manitoba and brought it into Confederation
12. a province in Eastern Canada and part of the Maritimes
13. the British North American territories of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
15. system in Canada was a network of schools designed to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children
16. recognized as one of the Fathers of Confederation for his role as a delegate at the Charlottetown
19. recognized as one of the Fathers of Confederation for his role as a delegate at the Charlottetown