Decolonization Of Indigenous People

Initially, the concept of colonisation will be explained, including the forces that were driving the colonisation and the usual ways it was achieved. At a general level, the ideologies underpinning the colonisers’ interactions with indigenous peoples will also be described. A comparison will then be made between the experiences of colonisation for Aboriginal peoples

Resurgence in the Indigenous context is crucial because it is the resurrection of indigenous life because there is a “danger to allow colonization to be the only story of Indigenous lives”; but more than that it recognizes that the story of resistance is not the only one that matters, Indigenous people have their own history. (Salah, “Seeing & Speaking”). Moreover, it is a movement to address the “harms done to indigenous peoples” with the focus being: reclaiming traditional knowledge, renaming the histories of the colonial state, and reoccupying the land and space that was taken. (Concordia University, “What can Universities do”). Then, identity is the sense that a person has about themselves. It is made up of the various characteristics that can include but is not limited to gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and class. (Salah, “Intersectionality”). In creating and labelling identity people “draw on culturally available resources… which is why an individual may find difficulties describing the source and nature of [their] identities.” (Mullay, 146). Meanwhile, decolonization put simply is “getting rid of colonization” however, it is more than that. (Google) Decolonization is a goal, but it is a never-ending process as it exists as a reframing of Indigenous thought to understand in addition to dismantling colonization while rediscovering historical

Economic imperialism is a central part of the ongoing contemporary colonization of indigenous peoples in Canada. Since the colonial era marked the beginning of imperialism in North America, an intricate web of power and domination have formed leaving Indigenous communities in the grip of its economic philosophy. This has led to the ongoing contribution to the disposition of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Economic imperialism can be defined as the need for countries to expand their territories in order to collect resources from their colonies. This illustrates the inherent unsustainability of colonial settler society. In this essay I will look at how the impacts of economic imperialism has had an effect on the development of the indigenous

Imagine having your identity and culture stripped away from you. This is what has happened to many Indigenous people throughout history in Canada. This has been done through the process of colonization. There are many devastating impacts of colonization that has affected Indigenous people all over Canada including racism and stereotyping as well as the downfall of the health of Indigenous people. Racism against Indigenous people has been a major impact of colonialism throughout the years. The racism and institutionalized racism has grown over the years and has made it complicated for many Indigenous people to practice their spirituality and culture. There are also many health consequences of colonization including starvation, disease, mental illness and addiction. There are many impacts of colonization that have affected Indigenous people throughout history and continue to impact them today.

Ever since the late 1400’s when the European discovered North America they brought along with them a practice of domination leaving the first nation people with very little rights forcing them to stand defenceless. Ever since the settlers arrived, the lives of the First Nation people have forever been damaged with the implementation of new ways of living. These changes have created an image

Canada was colonized by the British in the 17th century for economic exploitation purposes. Postcolonism looks the impact of colonixation on native settles after the colonizers rule is abolished. In Canada, Aboriginals were forced on to reserves, their land was taken through deceit and their children were sent to residential schools in order to assimilate them and end the ‘Indian Problem’.

Elgersma argues that the people at fault for all the colonization, and the problems that Indigenous people have today, stems from non-Indigenous people. I would argue that not only was it not only the non-Indigenous, but it was more of an unequal treatment by the European governments of the time, the misunderstandings between interpreters and settlers from both sides; European and Indigenous, and lastly, the inclusion of church in government. Some of the first settlers of the ‘New World’, as the Europeans called it, were only here for a few months every year, because of good fishing off the Eastern coast. (Dickason, P. & Newbigging, W., (2015) p. 33) That contact, then lead to an increasing amount of exploration to the ‘New World’, and caused a shift in social normalities, patterns, and ways of living. This change caused another shift in language; the settlers did not know the native language, and the Indigenous peoples did not know the language of the settlers. That non-existence of knowledge caused massive misunderstandings in trading, treaty negotiations and communication between the different peoples of the area at the time. Lastly, and this is personal belief, the fact that church and state were one thing when Canada was created, led to the need of change with its people. The government wanted to assimilate and

Today in Canada, the lives of Indigenous women are affected by colonization every day. Since the moment of contact, settlers have used Indigenous women as key objects to oppress and assimilate Indigenous people as a whole. As a female, non-Indigenous university student, I strongly feel that in moving forward trying to stop allowing there to be missing and murdered Indigenous women, we must discuss where these problems originated and why the origin is still relevant today. Indigenous women were oppressed and used by Europeans as a tool to assimilate all Indigenous Peoples and erase Indigenous culture through forcing women into ‘traditional’ western gender roles; which has had lasting impacts on Indigenous women today through being stereotyped and dehumanized in their forcedly assigned gender roles. Firstly, I will discuss how western gender roles were involved in the colonization of Indigenous women and how women were targeted specifically in the attempted erasure of Indigenous Peoples. Next, I will examine the effects of colonization on Indigenous women who were forced to take on not only the same but even further dehumanizing gender roles that European women assumed. Finally, I will argue how the imposition of these gender roles has affected and still affects Indigenous women today.

Throughout history European people have been conquering territories that were already inhabited. Canada was one of them and the people that were already living there are known as The First Nations Peoples. They are the peoples who used to be called Indians. They are divided into more than 600 diverse bands. All these tribes have different history, culture, and traditional cuisine. Something they share in common is that they were forced to assimilate to European Culture by the Indian Act. According to the website Indigenous Foundations the Indian Act was composed of two previous acts, which were the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the Gradual Enfranchisement Act of 1869. The Indian Act was established in 1876. The website Indigenous Foundations explains the Indian Act and the following quote explains part of the Indian Act, "This authority has ranged from overarching political control, such as imposing governing structures on Aboriginal communities in the form of band councils, to control over the rights of Indians to practice their culture and traditions. The Indian Act has also enabled the government to determine the land base of these groups in the form of reserves, and even to define who qualifies as Indian in the form of Indian status". In other words the Indian Act was created so that Natives would lose their cultures and so that the government decided their lives for them. At the same time the Act protected them from tax exemptions in the reserves. The

Significant health disparities exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. A complex phenomenon is considered as triggering issues that hinder the ability to address this gap. The purpose of this paper is to first, summarized the key issues of the article. Second, explore my personal arguments and finally, provide some recommendation for the implications of the Canadian health care system.

Settler Colonialism is a constant social and political arrangement in which new comers/colonizers/settlers come to a place, claim it as their own, and do whatever it takes to vanish the Indigenous people who reside there.

European colonization has had a profound and lasting impact on the aboriginal people of North America. As much as 95% of native Americans perished due to their susceptibility to European diseases such as smallpox, measles, and tuberculosis. In David Jone’s Virgin Soil Revisited, he concludes that their astronomically high death rates were due to environmental and social factors such as malnutrition, warfare, and slavery brought upon by the Europeans. This legacy of colonization continues to haunt the First Nation and Metis people of modern-day Canada. Aboriginals experience increased susceptibility to Type 2 diabetes due to poor socioeconomic standing and legislative ambiguities resulting from colonization, which is why measures, such as

Aboriginal people within Canada and around the world are connected and exceptional in “their unique heritages, attachments to homelands, and natural ways of life”, they are also deeply connected in histories of contest and colonization in which they have had to combat efforts aimed at destroying their material and cultural existence and failed efforts to assimilate or mould them to fit within the configurations of other societies (Taiaiake & Corntassel, 2005, 597). The Aboriginal history is based on the context that they are “occupied peoples who have been dispossessed and disempowered in their own homelands” (Taiaiake & Corntassel, 2005, 598). Factors of social exclusion as well as political and economic marginalization have greatly affected the growth of Aboriginal communities. Aboriginal economies were established on traditional methods of subsistence, such as fishing, hunting and gathering and their existence was centered on natural measures of

Since the Europeans set foot on North American soil in 1620,they have had a devastating effect on the native population. I will be discussing the long term effect of North American colonisation on the Native Americans, focusing on such issues as employment opportunities, the environment, culture and traditions, health, as well as social justice.

Because it is a systematic negation of the other person and a furious determination to deny the other person all attributes of humanity, colonialism forces the people it dominates to ask themselves the question constantly: "In reality, who am I?" (The Wretched of the Earth 250)