8C: Students must write a summary on the chapter they have been assigned for their history project.  It should not exceed three pages.  This due next on Monday, November 25th.  Your model or whatever you to do that brings a topic in your chapter to life must be done before the winter holidays.  In January, your group must teach a lesson on your chapter.  We will likely have a test on the Opening of the West before the winter holidays.  You must submit your notes from chapters 8 to chapter 14 after the winter break.  All of this work was or will be assigned chapter -by -chapter before the break.

Homework:
Chapter 10: Treaties with Aboriginal Peoples, page 150 to 151, 1-4

treaty-an agreement between nations or people for peace, property or friendships
annuity- an amount of money paid yearly for those who signed with Canadian government
reserve- a large tract of land set aside by the Canadian the Canadian government
agents- in order to end the starvation and poverty the government representatives provided assistance; however, the loss of the bison, the loss of Native lands and forcing them to becomes farmers greatly added to this poverty
debate- a formal and controlled discussion
Indian Act- a bundle of laws that places the First Nations under guardianship; they became wards of the state and had the same rights as the homeless, prisoners, orphans and those in mental health facilities.
aboriginal right- the belief that they are custodians and owners of the land despite not having legal documentation

2.  The European settlers hunted the bison for sport;  the introduction of the horse and rifle greatly increased the number of deaths of the herds; the buffalo bones were ground up and used for fertilizer.  The farmers complained that the buffalo destroyed pastures and impeded the development of the railway.  Canada did not practise any rules on regulating their numbers.
3.   Aboriginals, in the Prairies, were hunters and gathers.  They had a nomadic lifestyle and land could be occupied but not bought or sold.  This conflicted with European views.
4.  In terms of lifestyle, the entire animal, the buffalo, provided material for clothing, shelter and many other things. Now, they must grow their own food and rely on others to make their clothing.  In terms of health, small pox and other diseases were introduced.  Settlers occupied their ancestors' land.  They were forced into residential school and forbidden to speak or practise their language and culture. Their gatherings were banned. Overall, they became literally homeless in their own lands.

Homework:
Chapter 11: page 169 1-5










Chapter 11: The Steel Ribbon, page 169, 1-5