Video: Cede, Yield and Surrender: a History of Indian Treaties in Canada

Name: ______Video: “Cede, Yield and Surrender: A History of Indian Treaties in Canada”

1. In the 1600s and 1700s, why were treaties signed with the Native people in what is now Atlantic Canada? What were these treaties called? ______2. In 1763, King George III of England issued what is now known as the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Why is this document so important? ______3. How many Indian treaties were signed before Confederation? ______4. Why were most treaties made in the first place? ______5. What caused the new Canadian government to sign treaties for land between Ontario and British Columbia? ______6. Why did the Native peoples want treaties? ______

Video can be found online at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/tpd/vid_e.html Name: ______7. Explain how Native peoples were “basically… forced to sign” the treaties? ______8. What is the “famous medicine chest clause”? What do Native people argue this should mean today? ______9. Why did Native nations demand that the sale of liquor on or around reserves be utterly prohibited (not allowed)? ______10.What did Treaty Commissioner David Laird promise the Cree, Beaver and Chippewayan peoples in the 1890s? Was this ever written down? Was this promise kept? ______11.What was the Native peoples understanding of what they were “surrendering” regarding land? ______12.How long do these treaties last? When is their expiry date? ______

Video can be found online at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/tpd/vid_e.html