Have students answer true or false to the following statements. They should be able to give details to support their answers.
• Terra nullius allowed people to take lands used by Indigenous Peoples.
• The Gradual Civilization Act allowed the First Nations to keep their Indigenous rights.
• The Métis had the same rights as the First Nations during the 1900s.
• The language of the Métis is the same as the language of all the other First Nations.
• Residential schools allowed Indigenous children to become professionals.
• Under the Indian Act, all First Nations children were forced to attend residential schools.
• Residential schools were located in the First Nations communities.
• Children were allowed to speak their Indigenous languages at the residential schools.
• The community you reside in had a residential school. Or, Indigenous children were taken from the area of your community.
• Indigenous Peoples have the same rights as other Canadian citizens.
• Indigenous Peoples were treated well in non-Indigenous communities.
• Indigenous communities had full control over what happened in and around their communities. Has this changed over time?
• Kwe means hello.
• The principals of residential schools had hundreds of Indigenous children.
