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Question:
Question:
In what year was Treaty No. 1
signed?
Who is the current Treaty
Commissioner of Manitoba?
Answer:
Answer:
1871
Jamie Wilson
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Question:
Where did the signing of
Treaty No. 1 take place?
Answer:
Name three images found on a
Treaty medal.
Answer:
Lower Fort Garry
(Any three) First Nations man,
European, sun, teepee,
hatchet/axe, river/water
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Who was the first modern
Treaty Commissioner of
Manitoba?
Treaties entered into before
1867 (before Canada became a
country) are known as?
Answer:
Answer:
Dennis White Bird
Pre-Confederation Treaties
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In what year was Treaty No. 2
signed?
Answer:
1871
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What document from 1763
established the guidelines for
Treaty-making in Canada?
Answer:
Royal Proclamation
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The process of making Treaty
was seen as a tri-party
agreement. Who are the three
parties?
First Nations had their own
process of Treaty-making that
had existed for thousands of
years: True or False?
Answer:
Answer:
Crown, First Nations, Creator
True
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What is a Treaty adhesion?
The James Bay Agreement of
1975 and the 1993 Nunavut
Treaty are examples of what?
Answer:
Treaty adhesions were signed
by those bands not present at
the original Treaty signing.
Answer:
Modern Treaties
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In what year was Treaty No. 3
signed?
Answer:
1873
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Question:
Name the five First Nation
cultural groups found in
Manitoba.
Answer:
Cree, Dakota, Dene, Oji-Cree,
Ojibway
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Question:
On what Treaty territory does
the modern city of Winnipeg
sit?
Answer:
Treaty No. 1
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What does the phrase: “As long
as the sun shines, grass grows,
and rivers flow” mean?
Answer:
Forever
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The Treaty-making process
differed from culture to culture,
but it followed a general format.
What usually came first: pipe
ceremony, introductions, or giftgiving?
Answer:
Introductions
Question:
What does the legal term sui
generis mean?
Answer:
Something which is unique,
different, or one-of-a-kind.
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In what year was Treaty No. 4
signed?
Answer:
1874
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Treaties benefited only First
Nations: True or False?
Answer:
False. Newcomers benefited as
well; they received lands,
peaceful settlement, and a
barrier to American expansion.
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On what Treaty territory does
the modern city of Dauphin
sit?
Answer:
Treaty No. 2
The government of Canada
acknowledges the written texts
of the Treaties; First Nations
people have long maintained
there is a/n_______ factor as
well.
Answer: Oral
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What First Nations group in
Manitoba were not a part of
the Numbered Treaties as
signatories?
Answer:
Dakota
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A ___ is a formal agreement
between two parties. In
Canada, they were negotiated
between the Crown and First
Nations.
Answer:
Treaty
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In what year was Treaty No. 5
signed?
Answer:
1875
The Numbered Treaties,
negotiated between 1871 and
1921 are still law today: True or
False?
Answer:
True
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Symbolism was important in
Treaty-making. Smoking the
___ formed a spiritual
connection with the Creator
and was a witness to a solemn
oath.
The Upper Canadian Treaties
of 1818 to 1862 are considered
part of the Numbered Treaties:
True or False?
Answer:
Answer: Pipe
False; they are part of the PreConfederation Treaties
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What is the slogan of the
Treaty Relations Commission
of Manitoba?
On what Treaty territory does
the modern town of The Pas
sit?
Answer:
Answer:
“We Are All Treaty People”
Treaty No. 5
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In what year was Treaty No. 6
signed?
Answer:
1876
Who does this describe: it is a neutral
body, created through a partnership
between the Assembly of Manitoba
Chiefs (AMC) and Canada with a
mandate to strengthen, rebuild and
enhance the Treaty relationship?
Answer:
Treaty Relations Commission of
Manitoba
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A ____is a personal or
collective entitlement derived
from a Treaty. It includes the
right to hunt for themselves
and their families.
Which Numbered Treaties
cover Manitoba? [Hint: there
are 7]
Answer:
Answer:
Treaties No. 1, No. 2, No. 3,
No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, and No. 10.
Treaty Right
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Answer:
Treaties are considered
evergreen; that is they are not
frozen in time and continue to
evolve as legal documents:
True or False?
1906
Answer:
Question:
In what year was Treaty No. 10
signed?
True