EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Reserve System

What? • 10 major treaties forced Aboriginals into small parcels of land called reserves (small parcels of reserved land) • let immigrants use what was formerly Aboriginal land for their own use • basis of system was that Aboriginal people would become dependants of federal government • Ottawa never delivered on promises causing poverty among Aboriginals Historical Significance • disrespect for and discrimination against the Aboriginal's left a permanent scar on Canada's history • •

Indian Reserve Image Courtesy of kitsumkalum.bc.ca

Aboriginal Person Image Courtesy of nrcan.gc.ca

Related Links • The History Of Kitsumkalum • First Nations and Forests in Canada

EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Sodbusters > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Aboriginal people were put into reserves in order to allow whom to use the land of the Aboriginal people?
   
   1. Immigrants
   2. only the French people
   3. African
   4. Chinese





2. By what year were the tens of thousands of Aboriginal people being put onto reserves?
   
   1. 1905
   2. 1906
   3. 1907
   4. 1910




3. Who amended the Indian Act?
   
   1. Henri Bourassa
   2. Wilfred Laurier
   3. Frank Oliver
   4. Clifford Sifton




4. When was the Indian Acct enacted?
   
   1. 1905
   2. 1906
   3. 1907
   4. 1910




5. What used to be the Aboriginal's land was now used by the settlers in which ways?
   
   1. farming
   2. mining
   3. ranching
   4. forestry
   5. all of the above






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