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Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 7

Treaty Relationships Today

Agreements between Nations, and why they still matter.

What your child practises

Practises key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada, including the Peace and Friendship treaties, the Numbered Treaties, modern treaties and reconciliation. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptor on treaty education in the New Brunswick curriculum.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Wabanaki: Treaty Education · key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    We are all treaty people. This means…

    • treaties are optional
    • everyone in Canada has a role in honouring treaties
    • only some people must follow treaties
    • treaties are only for history class

  2. Question 2

    What was the goal of residential schools?

    • to separate Indigenous children from their cultures
    • to teach sports only
    • to build bridges
    • to give children a holiday

  3. Question 3

    Which Nations in New Brunswick are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy?

    • Mohawk, Oneida and Cayuga
    • Haida, Squamish and Nisga’a
    • Cree, Dene and Inuit
    • Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq and Peskotomuhkatiyik

  4. Question 4

    The Indian Act is…

    • a fishing licence
    • a federal law that affects many parts of First Nations people’s lives
    • a trade agreement
    • a school lunch plan

  5. Question 5

    What is a land claim?

    • a kind of fence
    • a legal request to recognize rights to land
    • a school project
    • a map symbol

  6. Question 6

    What is Aboriginal title?

    • a title for a book
    • a title for a movie
    • a type of tax
    • the recognition that Indigenous Peoples hold rights to their lands

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