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    Activity 07 Worksheet

    5Ws Reading Comprehension Chart: The Indian Act


    Read the Indian Act article on The Canadian Encyclopedia and answer the following questions.

    What? -Aimed to eliminate First Nations culture in favour of


    assimilation into European culture
    -There has been a focus on removing discriminatory sections
    • What were the aims of the Indian Act?
    in more recent years
    • What have been the most important reforms?

    Who? -The federal government created the Indian Act


    -The act governed anyone considered a “status Indian”
    -Indigenous people could lose their status by marrying
    • Who wrote the Indian Act?
    anyone who is not a status Indian
    • Who is governed by the Act? Who is not?

    When? -It was written in 1876


    -It was amended in 1880, 1884, 1894, 1920 and many more
    times
    • When was the Indian Act written?
    • When has it been amended?

    Where? -Reserve lands are owned by the government


    -Anyone who is a status Indian can live on a reserve
    -People must get permission to use the land however they
    • Who owns reserve lands? please from the government
    • Who can live on reserve lands?
    • How can people who live on reserves use the
    land?

    Why? -The act was created to assimilate Indigenous people into


    Euro-Canadian culture
    -It was amended at different times to match the perceived
    • Why was the Act created? needs of the government towards Indigenous people
    • Why did it get amended at different times?

    What further questions do you have?


    Why is it still called the Indian act since that is an extremely offensive term? Would it not have been cheaper and easier to just
    coexist with the Indigenous people than to attempt to assimilate them?

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