Grade 9 Social Studies: Chapter 4

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Scrip

A document that goods be exchanged for land and that was offered to the Metis as at the time the numbered treaties were negotiated in Metis history

Anglophone

A person who's first language is English

Francophone

A person who's first language is French

Annuity

An annual payment

Autonomy

Authority to make decisions

Indian

Europeans used this to describe First Nations although they were diverse and had different names for themselves. Many prefer not to use the word "Indians" to describe themselves

Indian act

Federal legislation related to the rights and status of First Nations people's ("status Indians"), first passed in 1876 and amended several times

Entrenching

Fixing firmly within

Sovereignty

Independence as a people, with a rig to self-government

Reserve

Land for the exclusive use of first nations

Official language community

One of the groups in Canadian society whose members spoke an official language of Canada -French of English- as their first language

Publicly funded

Paid for by taxes and provided by the government

Collective rights

Rights guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons. These groups are: aboriginal peoples, including First Nations, Metis, and Inuit; and francophone and anglophones

Inherent rights

Rights with origins in fundamental justice

Ethnocentrism

The beliefs that ones culture is superior to all other cultures

Collective identity

The shared identity of a group of people, especially because of a common language and culture

First Nations

The umbrella name for the diverse aboriginal peoples who have collective rights that are recognized and protected in Canada's constitution which refers to First Nations as "Indians", in keeping with the name used at the time of negotiating treaties

Assimilate

To become part of a different cultural group

Patriate

To bring to a country something that belongs to the country

Affirm

To validate and express commitment to something

Official language minority

Traditional languages that are used within a given territory of a state by nationals of the state


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