Aboriginal people are the natives of Canada; the people who lived here before anyone else settled. Therefore‚ when new settlers arrived they sometimes had to fight to get what belonged to them. This has not changed today. After the 1980s‚ Aboriginal people have only been somewhat successful in having their issues such as self-government‚ social conditions‚ land claims‚ and residential schools addressed. Self-government is one of the issues that the First Nations have been moderately successful
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Over the past few decades‚ there has been many distinct perspectives and conflicts surrounding the historical context between the Indigenous peoples in Canada and the Canadian Government. In source one‚ the author P.J Anderson is trying to convey that the absolute goal of the Indian Residential School system in Canada has been to assimilate the Indian nation and provide them with guidance to “ forget their Indian habits”‚ and become educated in the “ arts of civilized life”‚ in order to help them
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Nations people? In Canadian history‚ there are a lot of interesting events happened in the past. Some of them are events that are proudly presented such as Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ Canadian peace keeper and others. On the other hand‚ there are also a lot of tragedy events that happened in the past. Indian Act is one of an important act which occurred in 1876 and it led to establishment of Indian residential school‚ and the Indian residential school is a tragedy event that happened in Canada. It was
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traditions of Aboriginal people in Canada. There were many different topics that were discussed including‚ Residential Schools‚ life on reserves‚ and missing Indigenous women. All of these topics contain information that I found extremely concerning and appalling. To begin with‚ I would like to discuss the conditions in which people on reserves live in. Aboriginal people living on reserves live in horrendous conditions. They live in small‚ tight‚ trailers with up to 40 other people. The housing
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the need to accurately tell Indigenous Peoples’ history and the importance of fixing problems plaguing them. Throughout the story‚ it is metaphorically referred to as “fixing up this world‚” by the four elders. In their quest to fix the world‚ a creation story is retold many times until they are able to get it right‚ showing the need to accurately represent Indigenous history. The two articles mentioned Canadians acknowledging the treatment of Indigenous Peoples since confederation: residential schools
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Unit 1: Aboriginal Peoples of Canada Summative Activity NBV3E Assembly of First Nations Native American people have been working extremely hard to up old and protect their unique rights. Policy areas allow the protection of their rights. If I could assign 3 policies to improve and concentrate on them would be the Health‚ Education and Land Rights and Claims policies. Firstly‚ I would concentrate on the health of the First Nations peoples. First Nation people suffer a much higher risk of morbidity
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The amount of missing aboriginal women in Canada is something that is not being recognized as the societal tragedy that it is. According to Amnesty International there are "more than 580 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada‚ most within the last three decades. Because of gaps in police and government reporting‚ the actual numbers may be much higher" (Amnesty‚ 2014). Violence against aboriginal women is extremely high. "Aboriginal women are murdered at rates 5 and 10 times higher
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Canada’s history as a sovereign nation‚ relations between the Canadian federal government and the indigenous inhabitants of the lands which encompass Canada have been strained due to the hitherto existence of the Indian Residential School system. Following the passage of the Indian Act in 1876‚ the first residential schools were established across Canada; with many being placed under the direction of several Christian churches that received funding from the Canadian government’s agency of Indian Affairs
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Long before Europeans came to North America‚ The Aboriginal people had a highly developed way of life. This however all changed when the Europeans decided to settle among them. For the Anglophones and the French people of Canada it became more and more evident that something drastic would need to be done in order to fit them into their ideal perception of what it was to be Canadian. With the help of the church the Canadian government implemented the residential school system‚ which was devoted to
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Even some people who worked in residential schools had aim to save and civilize aboriginal children and government also aimed to flourish aboriginal people as distinct group in Canada‚ for instance prime minister John A Macdonald stated that if school is on reserve ‚ children lives with their parents who are salvage and even they learn to write and
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