INDG 305 Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act | Questions and Answers | Fall 2025/2026 | 100% Correct - SFU.

Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act Due May 24 at 11:59pm Points 5 Questions 20 Available until Aug 2 at 11:59pm Time Limit None Allowed Attempts 3 Instructions Attempt History Attempt Time Score KEPT Attempt 3 2 minutes 4.75 out of 5 LATEST Attempt 3 2 minutes 4.75 out of 5 Attempt 2 5 minutes 4.75 out of 5 Attempt 1 41 minutes 4.38 out of 5 Score for this attempt: 4.75 out of 5 Submitted May 20 at 12:01pm This attempt took 2 minutes. This week’s quiz is a review of the first Indian Act (1876), which was later amended and revised. Test questions may include: multiple choice, true/false, matching, and fill in the blank questions. You can take this quiz up to 3 times. Your highest score from these tests will be recorded. In this quiz, there are several multiple choice questions where you can choose more than one answer. For these questions please choose more than one answer for a full mark. I have indicated which questions these are with *** *** Question 1 0.25 / 0.25 pts 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada government give for creating this act? *** a. Indians asked for the Act to be created Correct! Correct! b. To streamline the extant legislation on Indians into one Act c. To develop a way to implement treaties Correct! Correct! d. To develop guiding legislation for an Indian affairs department Question 2 0.25 / 0.25 pts 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada a. According to traditional Indigenous understandings of kinship b. According to colonial determinations of groups on the basis of property holdings Correct! Correct! c. According to which groups have treaties negotiated with the government Correct! Correct! d. According to British inheritance laws Question 3 0.25 / 0.25 pts 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada a. An Indian is someone who belongs to an Indigenous group, according to Indigenous kinship systems b. An Indian describes someone who belongs to a legal band through a male blood relation c. An Indian describes someone who is married to an Indian d. All of the above Correct! Correct! e. B and C Question 4 0.25 / 0.25 pts Why is the definition of “Status Indian” problematic? a. The government determines what constitutes a “band” and which groups have a legal relationship with the government 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada between “Indians” c. The government determines that it is the “male” line that determines belonging to Indigenous groups Correct! Correct! d. All of the above e. A and C Question 5 0.25 / 0.25 pts According to this definition, a child who has an Indian mother and a white father does not have status. Correct! Correct! True False Question 6 0.25 / 0.25 pts The rules determining who has Indian Status seek to define and control what constitutes Indigenous identity. Correct! Correct! True False 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada Indigenous people agreed to the Indian Act when they signed the treaties. True Correct! Correct! False Question 8 0.25 / 0.25 pts *** Who might be declared non-status on the basis of these paragraphs? *** Correct! Correct! a. People who have been outside of the group for five years or more b. Children who are married according to country laws rather than colonial laws Correct! Correct! c. Children who are two years old 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada Question 9 0.25 / 0.25 pts *** How can Indian women lose status, according to this section of the act? *** a. By acting unlawfully Correct! Correct! b. By marrying a non-treaty Indian 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada ( clarification here on how this act was interpreted: "Under the Indian Act, an Indian woman who married a nonIndian man (whether non-Aboriginal or non-status) would lose her status. If she married an Indian man from another Indian band, she would cease to be a member of her own band and become a member of her husband’s band. Legally, her status would become conditional on her husband’s status. Whether marrying an Indian man or non-Indian man, an Indian woman may be separated from her own family and community, as well as her connections to her heritage. The Indian Act amendments of 1951 went further in codifying provisions regarding Indian status that discriminated against Indian women. Section 12(1)(b) removed status of any woman who married a non-Indian, including American Indians and nonstatus Aboriginal men in Canada. Section 12(I)(a)(iv) introduced the “double mother” clause, wherein an Indian child would lose status if both their mother and grandmother acquired Indian status as a result of marriage, regardless of whether their father or grandfather had status." Correct! Correct! c. By marrying a non-Indigenous man d. By marrying an Indian Correct! Correct! e. Half-breed women cannot hold status Question 10 0.25 / 0.25 pts According to the federal government of Canada in 1876, who determines who had a treaty with the government? a. Indigenous peoples oral records of these negotiations Correct! Correct! b. The federal government of Canada 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada d. All of the above Question 11 0 / 0.25 pts What is an “enfranchised Indian”? a. Any Indian who had relinquished their treaty rights b. Any Indian who had relinquished their special status c. Any Indian who has exchanged their membership in their band for private property d. Any descendant or marriage partner of an Indian who has lost their special status ou ou Answered Answered orrect orrect Answer Answer e. All of the above Question 12 0.25 / 0.25 pts 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada to the federal government. True Correct! Correct! False Question 13 0.25 / 0.25 pts Indigenous peoples agreed to land-sharing with settlers within their treaties but not land surrenders. Correct! Correct! True False 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada Indigenous people need the permission of the Indian agent to cut timber on their reserve lands. Correct! Correct! True False Question 15 0.25 / 0.25 pts Indigenous people determine who is able to receive a license to cut timber on their lands. True Correct! Correct! False 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada *** According to the Indian Act, who controls Indian annuities or monies associated with the reserve? *** a. The band council Correct! Correct! b. The federal government Correct! Correct! c. The Governor in Council d. The band leader 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada The Indian Act assumes that Indigenous women have no place in governance systems. Correct! Correct! True The Indian Act meant that the federal government only recognized the leadership of Indigenous men through Indigenous women were often highly involved in Indigenous governance structures. False Question 18 0.25 / 0.25 pts Only men are entitled to vote in band elections according to the original Indian Act. Correct! Correct! True False 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada By prescribing who is eligible and who is not eligible to participate in Indigenous governance, the federal government seeks to forbid traditional Indigenous governance systems. Correct! Correct! True False Question 20 0.25 / 0.25 pts According to the Indian Act, how was it possible to lose Indian Status? a. By requesting enfranchisement 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada c. By becoming professionalized or accredited Correct! Correct! d. All of the above Quiz Score: 4.75 out of 5 6/21/24, 9:18 PM Week 3 Quiz: Indian Act: INDG305 OL01 Treaties in Canada