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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 12

Indigenous Histories

Treaties, rights and reconciliation

What your child practises

Well-documented events: the Royal Proclamation, the Indian Act, residential schools and the apology, the Red River Resistance, the creation of Nunavut, and reconciliation. Needs review with First Nations, Métis and Inuit partners before launch.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: A3.5, A3.8 · significant events in the histories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities

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

    What is reconciliation?

    • Building respectful relationships and making things right
    • Forgetting history
    • Winning an argument
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    Building respectful relationships and making things right

    Hint: It involves learning, listening and action.

  2. Question 2

    In 2008, the Prime Minister of Canada did what on behalf of the government?

    • Created the Indian Act
    • Apologized to former students of residential schools
    • Closed all schools
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    Apologized to former students of residential schools

    Hint: Survivors were present in Parliament.

  3. Question 3

    Which territory was created in 1999 after Inuit negotiated a land claim?

    • Yukon
    • Labrador
    • Nunavut
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    Nunavut

    Hint: Inuit are the majority of people there.

  4. Question 4

    In 1869–70, the Métis at Red River, led by Louis Riel, protested what?

    • A ban on fishing
    • A new railway ticket
    • Canada taking over their lands without talking to them
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    Canada taking over their lands without talking to them

    Hint: The resistance helped lead to the creation of Manitoba.

  5. Question 5

    What does it mean when a First Nation, Métis or Inuit community has self-government?

    • It has no connection to Canada
    • It makes decisions about matters such as its own laws and services
    • It has no leaders
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    It makes decisions about matters such as its own laws and services

    Hint: Some communities have agreements giving them more control.

  6. Question 6

    Why did the fur trade change communities for many First Nations and Métis?

    • It ended all trading
    • It had no effect
    • It created new economies, new families and new pressures on land
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    It created new economies, new families and new pressures on land

    Hint: The fur trade affected many people in different ways.

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