reserve, an area of land that is legally owned by the federal government but is set aside for the use of a specific First Nations group, residential school, a boarding school set up for the purpose of educating and assimilating Aboriginal children, Indian Act, an act passed by the Canadian government in 1876 and amended (changed) several times since, which makes “Indians, and the lands reserved for the Indians” the responsibility of the government, lobby group, a group of citizens that band together to bring an issue or demand to the government and push for change; well-known lobby groups include Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Greenpeace, and the Council of Canadians, Royal Commission, a committee appointed by the federal government to investigate and write a report about a specific topic, Statement of Reconciliation, an official acknowledgment of wrongs committed against Aboriginal peoples, and a pledge to address those wrongs, self-government, Aboriginal people gaining control over key elements in their own communities, such as the courts and education.

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