<p> Name: ______Video: “Cede, Yield and Surrender: A History of Indian Treaties in Canada”</p><p>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? ______</p><p>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? ______</p><p>Video can be found online at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/tpd/vid_e.html</p>