Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 10
Treaties 6, 7 and 8
Agreements that still matter
What your child practises
The numbered treaties, especially Treaties 6, 7 and 8 in Alberta, different understandings of the treaties, and the Indian Act and residential schools in age-appropriate terms.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: 7.2 · the numbered treaties in the West, different perspectives on them and their continuing importance
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is an Elder in many First Nations communities?
- A person who sells land
- A fur trader
- A respected person who carries knowledge and guides others
- Anyone over 60
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A respected person who carries knowledge and guides others
Hint: Elders are asked to share teachings in their own ways.
Question 2
Why do many First Nations leaders and Elders say they entered into treaties?
- Because they wanted to leave
- To end all trade
- To give up their languages
- To build a relationship and share the land and its resources while protecting their way of life
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To build a relationship and share the land and its resources while protecting their way of life
Hint: Many Nations share oral histories of the treaty promises.
Question 3
The Treaty 6 medicine chest clause is remembered by many First Nations people. What does it refer to?
- A promise of a fort
- A promise of help with health care
- A promise of a railway
- A promise of a school for settlers
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A promise of help with health care
Hint: Oral accounts say it was a promise of medical care.
Question 4
What are 'treaty annuities'?
- A kind of grain
- A land title for settlers
- A tax on farms
- Small yearly payments promised to First Nations people under the treaties
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Small yearly payments promised to First Nations people under the treaties
Hint: Annuities are still paid today.
Question 5
Why do historians use both oral histories and written documents to study treaties?
- Each can show a part of what was said and understood
- Neither is useful
- Written documents are always complete
- Oral histories are never accurate
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Each can show a part of what was said and understood
Hint: Oral history is an important source passed on by community members.
Question 6
The numbered treaties covered large parts of the Prairies, Ontario, the North and BC. Why were they signed over many years?
- Treaties were all signed on one day
- The government made them as it expanded west and north, one region at a time
- The CPR needed a new station
- Because Canada was only 5 years old
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The government made them as it expanded west and north, one region at a time
Hint: Treaties 1 to 11 were made between 1871 and 1921.