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Collective Rights

Collective Rights. Collective rights belong to groups of people and are entrenched in Canada’s constitution Aboriginals, Anglophones, and Francophones hold collective rights Collective rights recognize the founding peoples of Canada. Numbered Treaties.

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Collective Rights

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  1. Collective Rights • Collective rights belong to groups of people and are entrenched in Canada’s constitution • Aboriginals, Anglophones, and Francophones hold collective rights • Collective rights recognize the founding peoples of Canada

  2. Numbered Treaties • The Numbered Treaties are historic agreements that affect the rights and identity of some First Nations in Canada • The Numbered Treaties have roots in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 • The proclamation recognized First Nations’ rights to land, and established the principle of making treaties through peaceful negotiation

  3. Numbered Treaties • Other laws, including the Indian Act and section 35 of the constitution affect the collective rights of First Nations • The collective rights of First Nations are a work in progress, including negotiations today • The Numbered Treaties were agreements between the Queen and First Nations

  4. Numbered Treaties • First Nations agreed to share their lands and resources in peace • Canada’s government agreed to terms covering First Nations’ education, reserves, and annuities • The terms differ from Treaty to Treaty

  5. Numbered Treaties • For First Nations, the Numbered Treaties are sacred, nation to nation agreements, solemnly made and cannot be changed without their permission • Not all First Nations people signed Treaties. Their collective rights are affirmed in section 35 of the constitution

  6. Numbered Treaties • First Nations in the west and Canada negotiated the Numbered Treaties for many reasons: • Canada wanted to build a railway to link B.C. to the rest of Canada • First Nations and Canada’s government wanted to avoid war • First Nations wanted to secure their future

  7. Numbered Treaties • Perspectives play a role in the interpretation of the Treaties • Canada’s government believes First Nations gave up their land under the Treaties. Many First Nations disagree • First Nations recorded the Treaties in their oral histories in their own languages • Canada’s government recorded the Treaties in writing in English

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