21 Things - Self-Guided Training
Welcome to 21 Things - Self-Guided Training
How to Use This Course
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To Canada...
...and Reconciliation
Status/Non-Status
Interview Explanation
Steve Paikin Intro
1906 to 1951
Thing #1 with Paikin
The Beginning
The Gradual Civilization Act
Chiefs' Decision-Making Powers
Knowledge Check
1869 to 1985
Thing #2 with Paikin
The start of women's dissolution
Dishonoured, Disregarded & Dismissed
Knowledge Check!
Additional Resources:
1876 to Present Day
Thing #3 with Paikin
Working Effectively Tip: What is a Reserve?
Confined to an Area
John A. MacDonald and his Railway
Knowledge Check!
Frequently Asked Questions
1876 to 1985
Thing #4 with Paikin
Did You Know...
Not Considered People
Compulsory Enfranchisement
How it Remained
Knowledge Check!
1876 to Current Version of the Indian Act
Things #5 with Paikin
Expropriate - What is it?
Example of Expropriation
Knowledge Check!
1880 to Undetermined Time
Thing #6 with Paikin
"Easier"
Traditional Names
Creating the Indian Register
Working Effectively® Tip:
Knowledge Check!
Traditional Naming Practices Continue to Struggle
1881 to 2014
Things #7 & 21 with Paikin
Proving Successful
Duck Lake Example
Left Without Options
Permit System Today
Knowledge Check!
Working Effectively® Tip
1882 to Undetermined Time
Things #8, 9 & 18 with Paikin
Root of Prohibition
Fear of Discontent
Excerpt from Indian Act
Knowledge Check!
1884 to Undetermined Time
Myth Busted!
Myth of the "Drunken Indian"
Knowledge Check!
1884 to 1951
Item #10 & 14 with Paikin
The Potlatch Law
Returning Stolen Items
Knowledge Check!
1885 to 1951 (Not legislated but a policy created in 1885 and abandoned in 1951)
Thing #11 with Paikin
Requesting Permission to Leave
Knowledge Check!
Additional Resources:
Additional Resources- Hayter Reed's involvement with the pass system on Reserves
1886 to 1996
Thing #12 with Paikin
John A. MacDonald Quote
Residential Schools
Prime Minister's Apology
Pope's Apology
Poem
Knowledge Check!
Bonus Video: Interview with Chief Dr. Robert Joseph
Late 1880s to Early 1960s
Thing #13 & 19 with Paikin
Late 1880s to early 1960s
Knowledge Check!
Loss of History
Blog®: Protect Indigenous Languages
Working Effectively Tip®
Additional Information: Language Revitalization
Blog®: International Decade of Indigenous Languages
1906 to 1951
Indigenous Relations Tip:
What is Cultural Appropriation?
Blog®: Appropriation is Disrespectful
Additional Resources:
Knowledge Check!
1918 to 1985
Item #15 with Paikin
1927 to 1951
Thing #16 with Paikin
Changed Around 1951
1927-1951
Thing #17 with Paikin
Land Claims Cases
Tsilqot'in Nation v. British Columbia- Supreme Court of Canada, 2014
1927 - Undetermined
Item #18 with Paikin
1940s
Item # 19 with Paikin
Smudging
Until 1960
Item #20 with Paikin
Voting Rights for Status Indians
Women's Roles in Indigenous Government
Knowledge Check
Current Day
Item #21 & 7 with Paikin
Quote
Knowledge Check!
Has learning about the Indian Act changed some of your perceptions of Indigenous Peoples ?
White Paper of 1969
Red Paper
White Paper Rejected
What is The UN Declaration?
Updates and Resources for Current Day
So Can We Just Burn It?
Self-Determination
Self-Reliance
Removal of Status Membership
Allowing Ownership and Possession of their Lands
Commitment to Take Action!
Self-Government
Why do Indigenous Peoples Want Self-Government Back?
Westbank First Nation
Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Additional Resources:
Self Government Timeline for Indigenous Peoples
Important Terms Surrounding the Indian Act
A Guide to Terminology
Step 1: Decision to be Self-Governed
Step 2: Statement of Intent to Be Self-Governing
Step 3: Write out protocol + assigning band members
But it Needs Your Commitment...
Easy Ways You Can Continue to be an Ally as We End Our Time Learning Together:
First Steps!
21 Tips for Changing the World
Traveller's Guide
Let's Stay Connected!
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