Indian act

4. Indigenous people weren’t allowed to hire these professionals to help with their rights
5. The system the government forced on Indigenous people to replace their own leaders
9. The law that controlled many parts of Indigenous peoples’ lives in Canada
11. The name of the government worker who controlled many reserve rules
13. Indigenous people had to give this up to vote or get full Canadian citizenship
15. The government could take this from reserves to build things like roads
17. This government plan tried to end the Indian Act in 1969 but was rejected
18. Indigenous people were banned from practicing this in public
19. Indigenous women lost this if they married non-Indigenous men
20. The government often controlled these services like housing and education on reserves
21. The government banned these important Indigenous cultural events, like the Potlatch

1. Indigenous ceremonies and spiritual practices were often called this by the government
2. Forced Indigenous children to leave their families and go to these schools
3. The process of making Indigenous people act and think like settlers is called
6. Indigenous people couldn’t sell their art or goods off the reserve without permission from this person.
7. The act banned Indigenous people from wearing this in public
8. Indigenous languages were not allowed to be spoken or taught
10. Indigenous people were forced to live on these special lands
12. Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools to be this
14. Indigenous people couldn’t vote in Canadian federal elections unless they gave up this
16. indigenous people needed this to leave the reserve