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INST 203 EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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How were non-status Indians defined by the Department of Indian Affairs? (Frideres and Gadacz) - CORRECT ANSWER - people described as having some social or biological linkage to Indians—may exhibit all the social, cultural, and racial attributes of "Indianness," they are not defined as Indians in the legal sense
How did enfranchisement occur, and how could an Aboriginal person become reinstated? (Frideres and Gadacz) - CORRECT ANSWER-lost their Indian status through changes in the definition of an Indian, are the product of a Indian/non-Indian marriage or were dropped from Indian roll by Indian register; could have been coerced by government (ex. up until 1960 needed to give up legal status to vote)
after Bill C-49 they could be reinstated by applying to be reinstated
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How has the official description of the Inuit person changed from 1867 to the present? (Frideres and Gadacz) - CORRECT ANSWER-were considered Indians, then was based on who was given a disc number
According to Frideres and Gadacz, what are some of the divisive effects of terminology and labelling of Aboriginal people? - CORRECT ANSWER -leads government to strategy of divide and conquer as well as assimilation; Aboriginal people begin to fight among themselves; treaty vs non-treaty receive different privileges, different amounts of money and different rights so that is very divisive
What is meant by the term "enfranchisement" as applied to Indian people in Canada? Identify the legislation passed to facilitate enfranchisement of Indian people before and after Confederation. - CORRECT ANSWER -
What was the reaction of Indian leaders to the policy of enfranchisement? (Leslie and Maguire) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Describe particular amendments to the Indian Act aimed at eradicating Indian cultural and religious practices. (Leslie and Maguire) - CORRECT ANSWER -
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Analyse the arguments advanced during the first half of the twentieth century by various politicians, government officials, and influential members of the public, and write a paragraph or two on the composite picture that Euro-Canadians had of Native peoples. (Leslie and Maguire) - CORRECT ANSWER -
How did the role of women in Iroquoian society differ from that of women in Euro-Canadian society in the nineteenth century?(Jamieson, p. 113) - CORRECT ANSWER -The Iroquois society was matrifocal, matrilineal and matrilocal; hereditary eligibility was through the female; females had decision making power over war and peace
Euro-Canadian women were seen as the property of their husband.
Discuss "the concept of victimization," as defined by St. Clair Drake. (Jamieson, p. 114) - CORRECT ANSWER -Some people are used as the means to other people's ends without their consent; the social structure is manipulated to disadvantage some
After 1867, how were Indian women legally punished for marrying spouses who were not registered Indians? (Jamieson, pp. 117-118) - CORRECT ANSWER -They were not able to be an Indian within the meaning of the Act; her children also lost 3 / 4
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status; may be forced to leave reserve but she did not lose annuities;
What is meant by "commutation of annuities"? How did commutation affect Indian women who had "married out" after the promulgation of the Indian Act of 1951? (Jamieson, pp. 120- 122) - CORRECT ANSWER -Commutation of annuities means that the annuities come in one lump sum. Until 1951, women could collect annuities if she did not choose the lump sum so she was on the band list, but after 1951 once a woman married out her Indian status and band rights were stripped.
What financial and economic disadvantages were suffered by women who had married out? (Jamieson, pp. 123-125) - CORRECT ANSWER -Lower financial compensation; lost a great deal of potential income; opportunity costs were very high;
How did Bill C-31 (An Act to Amend the Indian Act) remove discriminatory measures that had previously affected Indian women who had married out? (Jamieson, p. 128) - CORRECT ANSWER-Eliminated enfranchisement and providing for the reinstatement of those women who lost their statutes in the past and gave power to the bands to formulate own membership codes
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