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Aboriginal Peoples Response
Personal response to the Guest speakers

I would like to acknowledge that I am working and living in Regina which is situated on Treaty 4, Saskatchewan province, and the homeland of the First Nation peoples. The First Nations peoples living in Saskatchewan include the Métis, Cree, Chipewyan, Assiniboine/Dene, Blackfeet, Sioux, Saulteaux, and many others. In terms of population distribution,

As far as I continue to get more information about the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, I found it hard to distinguish the Aboriginal peoples from non Aboriginal peoples because I am not familiar with many tribes of Canada, especially Aboriginal peoples. The information seems to vary since most of my researches were conducted online. Besides, finding the
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Some of the Métis people are now living in Regina and that is linked to cross-cultural exchanges. In fact, I have not been acquitted with these facts about the Aboriginal peoples in Canada apart from those of my native home country. Of course, I have known now some of the facts in this class as well as internet learning during my school period. The reasons that are attached to my little knowledge about the Aboriginal peoples are; First of all, I have lived long in Canada, not to the point that will know more about Métis until I attended the university, from my home country I had never have time to take Indigenous classes. Secondly, the Indigenous studies are too wide for people who came from outside Canada to gather …show more content…
A dominant group, like Europeans, tends to portray Métis as trouble makers through their media outlets. Denied people their identity in the constitution is not the solution for it delegitimizes people’s political rights and it gives radicalism room to develop. It is within this space that radicals carry on their activities, as we have learned from other part of the World how conflict is fueled by ignorance of the other side of the struggle, which contributes to untrue perceptions of

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