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collective right
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rights guaranteed to specific groups in canadian society for historical and constitutional reasons. These groups are aboriginal peoples, and francophones and anglophones
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define sovereignty
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independence as a people, with a right to self-goverment
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define annuity
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an annual payment. under the numbered treaties, annuities are mostly symbolic today. For example, the members of treaty 8 receive 5 dollars per year
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what is the indian act
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federal legislation related to the rights and status of first nations peoples, first passed in 1876 and amended several times
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objectives of the indian act
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defined how first nations peoples had to conduct their affairs, the act restricted the right of first nations people to travel freely, to take political action, to wear traditional dress, and to take part in traditional ceremonies, required first nations people to give up their legal identity and treaty rights to gain the right to vote
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what is the manitoba schools act
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aboslished public funding for catholic schools, made manitoba an officially english-only province
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haultain resolution and northwest territories ordinance number 22`
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required english as the language of instruction in all schools
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