Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Treaties

Lesson Plans Aboriginal Peoples of Canada – Treaties (Michelle Demaiter) Lesson One Lesson Objective/Key Understandings: The students will learn about the original inhabitants of Canada and treaties. They will learn about how the European people came to Canada and changed the Aboriginal Peoples way of life. They will understand that treaties were signed between the two groups and that many problems were created as a result. They will also realize the on going problems and struggles these have caused for Aboriginal peoples today.

Materials: - power point - Video

Introduction (5 minutes) Bell Work: Ask the students - Who are the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada?

Middle (30 minutes) During this time there will be a lecture and slide show. During this time the students will be required to write a note and the following topics will be covered: - What is a treaty? - Map of treaties - Europeans coming to Canada - Why did the Europeans sign treaties? - Why did the Aboriginal Peoples sign Treaties? - What promises were made under the Number Treaties - Royal Proclamation, 1763 - Indian Act, 1876 - How did treaties affect Aboriginal Peoples? - Treaties Today

Video: “We are all Treaty People” (20 minutes) http://www.trcm.ca/wearealltreatypeople.html

Discussion (10 minutes) - discussion on the video and lecture

Conclusion (5 minutes) Hand out the assignment that the students will be working on tomorrow and explain it.

Lesson Two: Lesson Objective/Key Understandings: The students will be given an entire class to work on the treaties assignment.

Materials: - computers Canadian Historic Treaties Assignment The history of treaty processes in Canada has gone through several stages. This activity will give you the opportunity to look at specific treaties (and the context surrounding them). You and a partner will analyze sources and draw conclusions about what was really intended or hoped for in these treaties – and determine whether or not these hopes were realized. You will make a brief oral presentation of your findings to your group. What you will discover is the problems and troubles that these treaties caused for the Aboriginal People.

For the purpose of this assignment you will focus on the historic number treaties from 1871-1921. These eleven treaties covered different parts of Canada and affected different First Nations groups. Each pair will be assigned a specific treaty and will complete all research on that treaty.

Treaty 1 – 1871 Treaty 2 – 1871 Treaty 3 – 1873 Treaty 4 – 1874 Treaty 5 – 1875 Treaty 6 – 1876 Treaty 7 – 1877 Treaty 8 -1899 Treaty 9 – 1905/06 Treaty 10 – 1906 Treaty 11 – 1921/22

Use these sources to find the information on your treaty. http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/al/hts/tgu/index-eng.asp http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/aboriginals_e.html http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/ao20009.html http://gov.bc.ca/arr/firstnation/treaty_8/default.htm http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index/cfm?PgNm=TCETimeline http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/indiantreaties/historicaltreatie s http://canadiana.org/citm/themes/aboriginals_e.html http://ainc-inac/gc/ca/al/hts/tgu/index-eng.asp

Other questions to consider are: Why did Aboriginal Peoples sign treaties? Why did the federal government want aboriginal peoples to sign treaties? Does this treaty affect the current state of Aboriginal relations with the government? How did these documents affect the relationship between Aboriginal Peoples? How did this change the status of Aboriginal in Canada? Does this have an impact on the status of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada today? First Nations Treaties Treaty Number______Year it was signed ______What provinces did it cover? ______

What agreements were made between the Aboriginal Peoples and the Europeans under the treaty?

Benefits of treaty? (PAST) Negative Aspects (PAST)

Benefits of treaty? (PRESENT) Negative Aspects (PRESENT)

How did this alter and affect the right of Aboriginals to maintain traditional ways of life, such as fishing and hunting? Other important facts