Treaty Rights Pose Challenge
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Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 5, May 1972, p. 4
Description
Assertion of Treaty rights in reaction to Indian Affairs Minister Chretien's white paper.
Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.
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