Deck 9: Aboriginal Community Development

Question 1

Forcing the Aboriginal people to relocate and stay in a particular land base is a form of

A) legal colonization.
B) ideological colonization.
C) administrative colonization.
D) territorial colonization.
E) political colonization.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When the social and economic problems experienced by Aboriginal communities were grouped together and reconceptualised as individual problems with the need for a Western solution, the type of colonization is

A) political.
B) administrative.
C) ideological.
D) legal.
E) medical.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

According to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Aboriginals were subjected to abandoning their traditional governing structures and processes. This is an example of the Aboriginals being displaced

A) socially.
B) politically.
C) physically.
D) ideologically.
E) administratively.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The first Aboriginal organizational meeting was funded by the Saskatchewan government under

A) Tommy Douglas.
B) Paul Martin.
C) Pierre Trudeau.
D) Jean Chrétien.
E) Lester B. Pearson.

Question 5

The formal agreements between Aboriginal peoples and the Europeans that related their relationships are

A) indentures.
B) treaties.
C) conventions.
D) contracts.
E) bonds.

Question 6

When the colonials began to settle in North America, the Aboriginals and the Europeans developed trade alliances. This is the stage of

A) negotiation.
B) business relations.
C) contact and co-operation.
D) assimilation and co-operation.
E) exposure and co-operation.

Question 7

An example of community development practice implemented by the Aboriginals is the building of coalitions and

A) contracting experts to educate their children.
B) assimilating their children with the foreigners.
C) filtering new learning to fit in with traditional values.
D) educating people about their rights.
E) learning about the global economy.

Question 8

The Aboriginal leader who brought the indigenous rights to the international forum is

A) John Tootoosis.
B) F. O. Loft.
C) Dockstator.
D) Therrien.
E) Chief Deskaheh.

Question 9

The denial of the right to vote by the Aboriginals until 1960 is an example of

A) legal colonization.
B) administrative colonization.
C) ideological colonization.
D) territoriality.
E) indigenous denial.

Question 10

The Lubicon Lake Band exemplifies the use of multiple and changing strategies to get the government to keep their commitment to treaty benefits. Examples of their tactics included court cases, demonstrations,

A) blockades and media campaigns.
B) petitions and surveys.
C) blockades and educating the community.
D) educating the members and petitions.
E) media campaigns and surveys.

Question 11

The formation of residential schools for the Aboriginal children by the Europeans is an example of

A) legal colonization.
B) ideological colonization.
C) administrative colonization.
D) territorial colonization.
E) political colonization.

Question 12

Historically, the societies of the Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals developed in isolation from each other and Dockstator referred to it as the stage of

A) displacement.
B) separate worlds.
C) segregated societies.
D) distinguishing stage.
E) isolated societies.

Question 13

To improve the social conditions of the Peguis Band in Manitoba, the South African ambassador inspected their reserve by invitation. This political embarrassment tactic was used by

A) Louis Stevenson
B) Bernard Ominayak.
C) Chief Deskaheh.
D) John Tootoosis.
E) Dockstator.

Question 14

Members of a band that have a signed treaty are entitled to the

A) terms of agreement made between the government with their bands.
B) terms of agreement made by the First Nations group and the Canadian government.
C) agreement terms of a reciprocal nature.
D) agreement among the band members.
E) terms of agreement among the different bands in a reserve.

Question 15

Governmental strategies that attempted to silence Aboriginals included calling for more studies on the issue as well as

A) offering land space for rent or lease.
B) dragging out negotiations.
C) reallocation of resources.
D) reneging on previous treaties.
E) increasing the dependence of the peoples.

Question 16

An Aboriginal scholar, Dockstator, suggested that the relationship between the Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals is a

A) spiral downwards.
B) cyclical one.
C) conditional cycle.
D) series of stages.
E) scaffolding of steps.

Question 17

If an Aboriginal surrender their status as an Indian to become a full-fledged Canadian citizen, the process is called

A) enfranchisement.
B) disenfranchisement.
C) assimilation.
D) citizenry.
E) activism.

Question 18

The life chances of Aboriginal peoples differ from the non-Aboriginals including lower life expectancy and

A) lower school drop-out rate.
B) higher frequency of social problems.
C) higher high school graduation rates.
D) over representation in child protection services.
E) lower housing demands.

Question 19

Which of the following statements relate to the colonization experience of the Aboriginal peoples?

A) the Aboriginals were given almost equal status as the Europeans.
B) the colonizers treated them with reverence but did not afford them with economic advantages.
C) the colonizers imposed their way of life on the Aboriginal peoples.
D) the Europeans gave the Aboriginal peoples many chances to improve their way of living.
E) the Aboriginals accepted the way of life imposed on them.

Question 20

Relocation of the Aboriginals to particular lands and formation of residential schools for Aboriginal children are examples of strategies used by the colonizers in the

A) contact and co-operation stage.
B) removal and renewal stage.
C) displacement and assimilation stage.
D) removal and assimilation stage.
E) displacement and renewal stage.

Question 21

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples proposed the following four principles for the development of a new relationship:

A) recognition, respect, education, and accountability.
B) autonomy, self-reliance, respect, and accountability.
C) recognition, tradition, respect, and responsibility.
D) autonomy, responsibility, choices, and respect.
E) recognition, respect, sharing, and responsibility.

Question 22

New diseases such as smallpox and tuberculosis produced devastation in the Canadian Aboriginal population when the settlers came in the 17th century.

Question 23

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples marked the beginning of Dockstator's stage of negotiation and renewal.

Question 24

The Winter season is the first stage of change within Aboriginal communities.

Question 25

While the non-reserve Aboriginal population has grown, the majority of Aboriginal people live on reserves.

Question 26

The diversity of Aboriginal communities is seen from the different locations, wealth, resources, and traditional beliefs.

Question 27

The Federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs maintains the register for Aboriginal peoples.

Question 28

Policy changes for the governance of the indigenous populations need to follow the principles of healing programs, economic reliance, and

A) education for cultural survival.
B) education for global knowledge.
C) introduction of Western beliefs .
D) professionalization.
E) transformation of the traditional way of life.

Question 29

The health profile of Aboriginal women is comparable to that of women in developing countries.

Question 30

Although the Aboriginal peoples are fast growing, their health and living conditions have not kept pace with the mainstream.

Question 31

Enfranchisement meant that Aboriginal peoples had to surrender their status as an Indian to become a full-fledged citizen of Canada.

Question 32

The Constitution does not recognize the North American Indian and Inuit peoples.

Question 33

Self-identification as Aboriginals has consistently decreased in the last decade.

Question 34

According to the demographic forecast, the Aboriginal population will remain younger than the rest of the Canadian population.

Question 35

The majority of people with Aboriginal identity are the Metis.

Question 36

There is no diversity among the Aboriginal peoples.

Question 37

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Aboriginal communities were egalitarian and regulated by consensus.

Question 38

When the Aboriginal community feels a stall in the change process, they are in the stage of the

A) fall season.
B) winter season.
C) spring season.
D) summer season.
E) transition.

Question 39

Approaches to community development in Aboriginal communities involved the principles of

A) renewal and healing.
B) cultural survival and choice.
C) balance and stages of change.
D) participation and promotion.
E) stages of change and cultural survival.

Question 40

In the Spring season of change within Aboriginal communities, the community

A) responds to a crisis.
B) gathers momentum.
C) feels a stall or plateau.
D) transforms their thinking.
E) forms a critical mass.

Question 41

Describe the implication of the Kelowna Accord on the Aboriginal community .

Question 42

Describe the stages of change within Aboriginal communities.

Question 43

Differentiate between medical and ideological colonization.

Question 44

Name four examples of health and social conditions of the Aboriginals that are different from non-Aboriginals.

Question 45

List four examples of non-violent social action strategies employed by the Lubicon Lake Band.

Question 46

What factors precipitated the negotiation and renewal stage of relationship between the Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals?

Question 47

Identify four guiding principles for policy change to benefit the Aboriginal society.

Question 48

Describe two principles that can be used to guide community development for indigenous peoples.