to the big question: “Can a Native State Exist Within a Canadian State?” in the readings: “The Case for Native Sovereignty” and “Native Sovereignty: Does Anyone Really Want an Aboriginal Archipelago?”. The essay will outline and provide evidence to both sides‚ whether there could or could not exist a Native State in Canada. The document will argue that Natives are not organized enough to form their own government. Throughout the decades‚ Natives have agonized many savageries at the hands of the European
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The official purpose of the residential school system was to integrate aboriginal children of the Aboriginal people in Canada into mainstream society. This was to be done through assimilation. The purpose of these schools has been described as a cultural genocide‚ or “killing the Indian in the child.” Children were forcibly separated from their family and taken from their reserves‚ to be placed in boarding schools run mainly by the Catholic‚ Anglican‚ Presbyterian‚ and United churches. Residential
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most controversial aspects of Aboriginal human rights today in Canada. The issue of land ownership reached a tense climax in the summer of 1990‚ when a violent standoff erupted over ownership rights to a piece of land within the town of Oka. The 78-day standoff between the Quebec Police and the Mohawks of Kanesatake was one of the most revolutionary acts of defiance of Canadian Aboriginals in the 20th century. The crisis at Oka inspired and gained support of people worldwide. The event inspired
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Residential Schools: A Promise to the Aboriginal People Shakainah D. Aycardo Residential Schools in Canada have left a negative and destructive legacy in the lives of Aboriginal People. Aboriginal people hold the results of their ancestors long standing and their occupancy of the land. Hunting‚ trapping‚ and fishing on Ancestral lands‚ some examples that Aboriginal people rights. Residential Schools were established by the Canadian
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According to STATS Canada‚ suicide is the leading cause of death among Canadian aboriginals between youth and adults under 44 years old. (Kirmayer et al.‚ 2007‚ p. xv) The rate of suicide among aboriginal Canadians is three times higher than that of the general population‚ and the rate for Inuit youth is eleven times higher than the national average. These are some alarming numbers across Canada and the world. ("Mental health and wellness‚" 2013) For the purpose of this paper “Aboriginal Canadians” will
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political figure and hero of the aboriginal peoples in his career. As a political activist and member of the Assembly of First Nations Erasmus carried forth a legacy of being a “Native rights Crusader” (CBC‚ 2014); but what does it mean to be a native rights crusader? Georges Erasmus made a lifelong contribution to the welfare of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. As the president of the Dene nation‚ Erasmus pushed for self-government of the First Nations Peoples in Canada. During this time‚ Georges Erasmus
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failure to adequately support the Indigenous peoples of Canada is highlighted in how poorly the following three cases or events were handled: residential schools‚ the Harper apology‚ and the current living conditions on reserves. The federal government excused and participated in the abuse in residential schools‚ failed to take action against the pain inflicted upon residential school survivors and family‚ and continued to allow current Indigenous peoples to live in terrible living conditions.
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Catholic Church‚ and became wrapped up in Federal Government policies. The Metis Residential School experience was similar to the Aboriginal one; that of social exclusion and mental and physical abuse. The procedures that were created for the Métis in Residential Schools harshly exposed how bureaucrats felt about the social order of the Métis’ station in the New Canada. The Residential Schools took part in creating a lower class structure for the Métis‚ which separated them even further from their
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Making people learn others language‚ religions and beliefs has often been a way to control large racial groups in an effective way. In the article‚ “The Residential School System‚” Murray Sinclair and A.C. Hamilton sheds light on different attitudes and philosophical ideas of Aboriginal and European people. This led to the formation of a superior stereotypical view of the European culture by the European powers. The writers discuss the conflicts between the federal government and the Aboriginal society
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of many policies developed by the government of Canada in order to assimilate and colonize First Nations people of Canada. The Indian Act sets forth racist‚ colonizing and assimilating properties in order to control First Nations people and ensure their right to self-determination is abolished. Women’s rights‚ property rights‚ and self-determination are just three aspects of the Indian Act that has negatively impacted First Nations people in Canada throughout history and to this day. The Indian Act
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