SS9 Indian Act Terms

2. a report from the government giving information or proposals to an issue.
8. Rights to land, resources, activities, self-determination, self-government, practice culture and customs.
9. a dance performed to honor the sun and to prove bravery by overcoming pain.
12. The giving of a right or privilege.
13. A way of controlling the movement of Indigenous people, it made Indigenous people stay on reserves unless they had a pass.
15. A member of an indigenous people in northern Canada.
16. The federal legislature of Canada.
17. Canada government’s representative on First Nations reserves.
19. seek to address wrongs made against indigenous peoples and their land.
21. Someone who inherits responsibility for their community.

1. A plot of land used in the Indian Act for the use of an Indian band. The Indian band posses rights to live on that land.
3. A person who is registered under the Indian Act.
4. a government-supported school for Indigenous and Inuit children.
5. A person of mixed indigenous and European or American ancestry.
6. Any group of the indigenous peoples of Canada.
7. The part of the government that controls the policies of first nations, Inuit, métis, and northern communities.
10. a minor change or addition to improve a piece of legislation.
11. An agreement made negotiation.
14. The national government of Canada. They collect taxes, deliver social services, and guard national security.
18. a ceremonial feast where possessions are given away or destroyed to display wealth.
20. The main law that the government uses to administer local governments of the first nations and the management of their land.