Question 1

Children as young as ________ were removed from their homes and communities and forced to attend residential schools.

Accepted Answer

Children as young as three years old were removed from their homes and communities to attend residential schools.

Question 2

The last residential school for Indigenous children in Canada closed in ________.

Accepted Answer

The last residential school for Indigenous children in Canada closed in 1996. These schools were part of a policy to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture, often involving forced separation from their families and communities.

Question 3

The "Sixties Scoop" refers to the period when ________.

Accepted Answer

The "Sixties Scoop" refers to the practice of removing Indigenous children from their families and placing them in non-Indigenous homes, often without the consent of their families or communities, which occurred primarily from the 1950s through the 1980s in Canada.

Question 4

The last residential school to close was in ________.

Accepted Answer

The last residential school to close was Gordon's Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan in 1996.

Question 5

In 2008, Dr. Cindy Blackstock estimated that there were ________ Indigenous children placed in the care of the child welfare system than were placed in residential schools at the height of their operation.

Accepted Answer

Dr. Cindy Blackstock estimated that there were three times as many Indigenous children placed in the care of the child welfare system than were placed in residential schools at the height of their operation.

Question 6

Indigenous children are placed in the care of child welfare at a rate ________ times higher than non-Indigenous children.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Indigenous children are placed in the care...

Question 7

The ________ was established in 2008 to uncover the histories of Canada's residential school system.

Accepted Answer

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established in 2008 specifically to uncover and document the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian residential school system on Indigenous children and their communities.

Question 8

Many Indigenous social work programs use ________ to address individual, family, and community healing, positive change, and social justice.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Many Indigenous social work programs use ________...

Question 9

________ refers to the people who originally lived in what is now central and northern Ontario and Manitoba.

Accepted Answer

The Anishinaabe are the indigenous peoples who originally lived in what is now central and northern Ontario and Manitoba, Canada.

Question 10

In Indigenous social work, family group conferencing, a form of restorative justice, started with ________.

Accepted Answer

Family group conferencing in the context of restorative justice began with the Maori in New Zealand. This approach was developed as a way to incorporate Maori cultural practices and values into the legal and social service systems, particularly in the context of child welfare and juvenile justice.

Question 11

With regard to Indigenous communities, an ally is a person who is focused on ________.

Accepted Answer

An ally to Indigenous communities is someone who acknowledges their own position and role in the broader social issues affecting these communities, including historical and ongoing colonization and systemic inequalities. This involves self-reflection and a commitment to understanding and addressing these issues, rather than imposing external views or solutions.

Question 12

________ refers to a time when Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples will come together to develop new relationships.

Accepted Answer

The "eighth fire" is a concept from Indigenous prophecy that envisions a future where Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples come together to build new, harmonious relationships.

Question 13

Inuvialuit is one of the Inuit regions that composes ________.

Accepted Answer

Inuvialuit is one of the Inuit regions that composes Inuit Nunangat, which is the Inuit homeland in Canada, encompassing the land claims regions of Nunavut, Nunavik in Northern Quebec, Nunatsiavut in Northern Labrador, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.

Question 14

For Indigenous Peoples, historical trauma implies that ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of For Indigenous Peoples, historical trauma implies that...

Question 15

The ________, in operation from 1998 to 2014, was an initiative to support the development of sustainable healing programming for the survivors of residential schools and their descendants.

Accepted Answer

The Aboriginal Healing Foundation was established in 1998 with the purpose of encouraging and supporting sustainable healing solutions for Indigenous peoples in Canada affected by the legacy of residential schools. This initiative focused on addressing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual harms caused by the residential school system, and it operated until its funding was concluded in 2014.

Question 16

A challenge facing Indigenous Peoples living in urban settings is ________.

Accepted Answer

Indigenous Peoples living in urban settings often face multiple challenges, including a lack of access to traditional foods, a disconnect from land-based resources, a lack of access to traditional medicines, and structural barriers and stereotypes. These issues can impact their cultural practices, health, and well-being.

Question 17

Typically referring to Jewish or African peoples and their forced migration and dispersion from their homelands, the term ________ could also be applied to the mobility of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Accepted Answer

The term "diaspora" is used to describe the forced migration and dispersion of a people from their homeland, which fits the context of both Jewish and African peoples as well as the mobility of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Question 18

________ refers to trauma experienced by someone who may not have been exposed to past atrocities or personally experienced any form of individual trauma but who still carries a collective memory of victimhood as a key identity marker without being aware of this.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ refers to trauma experienced by someone...

Question 19

According to teachings of the Medicine Wheel, ________ is/are depicted in the centre of the Wheel.

Accepted Answer

The self is depicted in the centre of the Medicine Wheel, symbolizing the individual's journey and personal development within the broader context of the universe and life.

Question 20

________ describes a continual process of establishing and maintaining respectful relationships, and, where necessary, repairing damaged ones through concrete actions.

Accepted Answer

Reconciliation is the process that involves establishing and maintaining respectful relationships and, when needed, taking concrete actions to repair those that have been damaged. This term best captures the ongoing nature of building and sustaining positive interactions, as well as addressing and resolving past issues.

Quiz 8: Indigenous Peoples and Social Work by Cyndy Baskin and Alyssa Mcleod