Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 6
Mi’kma’ki & Treaty Rights
Learn about Mi’kma’ki, the treaties and what happened when promises were not kept.
What your child practises
Practises Grade 7 social studies about Mi’kma’ki, the Peace and Friendship Treaties and the impact of government policies on Mi’kmaw communities. Content is factual and needs review with Mi’kmaw partners.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Reflect on the impact of government policies and the denial of treaty rights on Mi’kmaw communities and individuals in Mi’kma’ki · Mi’kma’ki, the treaties and how policies affected Mi’kmaw communities
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
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. What is it for?
- Remembering residential school survivors and those who did not come home
- Honouring the first European ships
- Celebrating Confederation
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Remembering residential school survivors and those who did not come home
Hint: The day asks Canadians to learn about residential schools and to honour survivors and their families.
Question 2
Membertou, a Mi’kmaw community, is in which part of Nova Scotia?
- the South Shore
- Cape Breton
- the Annapolis Valley
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Cape Breton
Hint: Membertou is in Sydney, on Cape Breton Island.
Question 3
Many Mi’kmaw communities lost land as settlers arrived. A main reason was that…
- settlers and governments took land without honouring the treaties
- no one lived there before
- the Mi’kmaq chose to leave Mi’kma’ki
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settlers and governments took land without honouring the treaties
Hint: The Mi’kmaq were already living on and caring for the land. Settlement pushed them off much of it.
Question 4
The Peace and Friendship Treaties between the Mi’kmaq and the British Crown were made between about 1725 and…
- 1920
- 1867
- 1779
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1779
Hint: The treaties date from 1725 to 1779, long before Confederation.
Question 5
Netukulimk is the Mi’kmaw approach to…
- keeping people out of the forest
- selling as many fish as possible
- taking what you need from the land and sea in a way that sustains them
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taking what you need from the land and sea in a way that sustains them
Hint: Netukulimk means using resources in a way that keeps the land, the sea and the people well.
Question 6
A treaty right is different from a rule made later by a government because the treaty…
- was a rule written by one side alone
- was an agreement between nations
- only lasted one year
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was an agreement between nations
Hint: Treaties were agreements. Policies like the Indian Act were laws the government made on its own.