Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 5
Land Claims and Self-Government in Labrador
Agreements, rights and governments today.
What your child practises
Grade 9 explores land claim agreements, self-government and reconciliation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ask your child how rights and responsibilities connect, and why each community’s story is its own.
Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 9) · land claims and self-government agreements in Labrador and Newfoundland, and what they mean today
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Where does the Nunatsiavut Assembly meet?
- in Hopedale
- in Ottawa
- in Gander
- in Conne River
in Hopedale
Hint: Hopedale is the legislative capital; Nain is the administrative capital.
Question 2
Why is it important to name each Indigenous nation separately?
- It saves time
- Each has its own history, language, rights and government
- Names are not important
- They are all the same
Each has its own history, language, rights and government
Hint: The Innu, Inuit and Mi’kmaq are distinct peoples.
Question 3
How many Newfoundland and Labrador residential schools were covered by the 2017 apology?
- twelve
- twenty
- one
- five
five
Hint: They included boarding schools and an orphanage.
Question 4
What is the Innu language called?
- Gaelic
- Innu-aimun
- Mi’kmaw
- Inuktitut
Innu-aimun
Hint: It is spoken in Innu communities, including those in Labrador.
Question 5
Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms…
- provincial borders
- existing Aboriginal and treaty rights
- hockey rules
- the right to a driver’s licence
existing Aboriginal and treaty rights
Hint: It names First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Question 6
In 2011, the Innu Nation, Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador signed an agreement-in-principle on what?
- a railway
- a new national anthem
- a national park only
- land claim and self-government
land claim and self-government
Hint: An agreement-in-principle is a step before a final agreement.