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| state as fact; declare support for |
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| those things for which a group is known; the way in which a group defines itself |
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| the rights granted to groups of people within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Rights based on membership in a distinct group of people. These may include language rights, education rights based on Aboriginal and Treaty rights or those previously promised within laws |
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| The authority of a state to govern itself or another state;A self-governing state |
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| independence; freedom from external interference |
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| A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, often formed part of First Nations' treaties |
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| to set aside or protect; a piece of land guaranteed for use by a group of "Indians" but governed by the Federal government |
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| schools where students live full-time; schools set up to assimilate first nations children into European-Canadian culture; thought by many to have destroyed many first nations' cultures |
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| Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture |
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| belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group |
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| An English-speaking person |
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| A person who speaks French |
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| An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country; in Canada these are French and English |
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| A certificate, offered to persons of Indian ancestry primarily in the Northwest Territories and Prairie provinces, as a one-time payment in money or land in exchange for their Aboriginal rights in and to the land |
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| The Métis are an Canadian born First People of Canada who trace their descent to mixed European and First Nations parentage |
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| areas set aside for Métis; Alberta granted these areas of "reserve" land to Métis people |
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| are a series of eleven treaties signed between the aboriginal peoples in Canada and the King or Queen from 1871 to 1921. .. |
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| Legislation that provides the Government of Canada with the legal framework of authority over Indians and lands reserved for Indians, as stated in the Constitution Act, 1867. The main purpose of the Act is to control and regulate Indian lives |
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| 1969 law that gives English and French equal status in the government of Canada, languages having preferred status in law over all other languages. (amended in 1988) |
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| The law granting of publicly funded separate schools for French and English in Manitoba. It was the government’s answer to the deeper question of whether French would survive as a language or a culture in Western Canada. |
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| A term commonly used to describe Canada's policy of providing federal government services in English and French, the languages used officially by the federal government. |
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| Minority Language Education Rights |
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| the right of English or French minorities to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province. |
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| collective rights given to French-speaking peoples across Canada to maintain their religion and schools to help preserve their culture |
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| A relatively small group of people, esp. one commonly discriminated against in a community, society, or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion |
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