of first nations who were abused within the residential school system that was implanted in Canada . The French and United States government formally apologized to the Rwandans for the ’mistakes’ that they made during the genocide of 1994. There are countless people living today who carry the memories of these traumatic events very close to them. I feel as though we are responsible to answer to these people‚ aiding them in the recovery of their identity and ability to function properly within society
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The Aboriginal people were the first Australians and Owners of the land. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were traditionally gatherers and hunters‚ they had a very strong relationship with the land. They are also deeply spiritual‚ value community life strongly and revere their ancestors. Therefore‚ elders were usually the decision makers. Different tribes used to move around searching for food and water‚ but always respected the land and resources it provided. They have sacred
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poet increased. Between 1937 and 1938 she travelled Europe‚ and until 1944 she worked as a secretary-stenographer and clerk until making her poetry debut in 1946 with The Moving Image. Oodgeroo Noonuccal was born as Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska‚ an Aboriginal woman‚ on Stradbroke Island in 1920 – the second-youngest child of Ted and Lucy Ruska. Noonuccal’s father instilled a fierce sense of justice in her from a young age and they shared his dreaming totem Kabul (the carpet snake). She left school at
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values of a person that serve to build the frame of reference through which they view and function in society. Dr. Jardine‚ in An Invitation to Explore the Roots of Current Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Relations in Canada speaks of various pieces of legislation that serve to build the frame of reference for Indigenous Peoples of Canada. The legislations established who was able to own property‚ who was permitted to live the culture of an “Indian”. The government decided based upon the Indian Act‚ who
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Long before Europeans came to North America‚ aboriginal people had a highly developed system of education. There was a great deal for aboriginal children to learn before they could survive on their own. Aboriginal elders and parents passed on not only survival skills to their children‚ but their history‚ artistic ability‚ music‚ language‚ moral and religious values. When European missionaries began to live amongst aboriginal people‚ they concluded that the sooner they could separate children from
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1876 was the year of Indian Act‚ the Indian Act was made by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to control and assimilate the First Nations. One way to assimilate First Nations kids was Residential schools. The first residential Schools was established in 1884 and the last one closed in 1996. Residential Schools were a network of live-in schools funded by the government that removed children from their homes and forced them to go to these schools until age 18. Over 30% (150
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assumption of black inferiority and white superiority‚ which proposed that Indigenous people should be allowed to “die out” through a process of natural elimination‚ or‚ where possible‚ should be assimilated into the white community. Assimilation focused primarily on children‚ who were considered more adaptable to white society than Indigenous adults. As the Australian Aboriginal people were not able to live as the white people wanted them to do‚ between the years of 1883 – 1969‚ the Australian Federal and
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this may be true but the mishaps that did prevail caused long term effects on the Aboriginal people and suffering that continues even until today. Not all people who worked at residential schools are to blame‚ and in agreeing on that note all who are not responsible should not have to indeed pay. In summary‚ Clifton starts by saying that he had live in a residential school along with his wife a (Blackfoot) Aboriginal. He further says that he himself‚ his wife‚ his father-in-law who is an ordained
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Indigenous languages should be taught alongside French and English in Canada. Vowel makes a case for the official protection of Canada’s Indigenous languages‚ which are currently on the brink of extinction. She brings up the uncomfortable reality that there are constitutional protections and billions of dollars of funding for Canada’s two official languages of English and French‚ while the languages of the original peoples of Canada are left behind. Canadian education systems are structured in such
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The Oka Crisis was a standoff for land that shook the country and the bonds between the government of Canada‚ First Nations‚ Inuit and Metis peoples. To clearly depict the degree in which the Oka Crisis improved First Nations‚ Metis and Inuit (FNMI) relations with the government‚ it is necessity to look at past relations amongst the groups and what caused distrust from the beginning. Then find the actions that lead up to causing the Oka Crisis‚ and finally by using all the collected information
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