Indigenous Community In Canada

First Nations is a term used to define Aboriginal people in Canada who are not Métis or Inuit. First Nations people are commonly identified by other names, such as Indians, Natives, Native Canadians, and Native Americans. Using any general term almost always involves an explanation as these names can cause problems. After watching the Ted talk I realized having only one viewpoint to a story can limit the ideas we are able to obtain from it. The Ted talk connects with First Nations as it opens our minds allowing us as viewers to get a new perspective on our prior knowledge. This has led me to question what we are being taught about First Nations and whether it’s the truth.

Over the past decades, Aboriginal people (the original people or indigenous occupants of a particular country), have been oppressed by the Canadian society and continue to live under racism resulting in gender/ class oppression. The history of Colonialism, and Capitalism has played a significant role in the construction and impact of how Aborignal people are treated and viewed presently in the Canadian society. The struggles, injustices, prejudice, and discrimination that have plagued Aboriginal peoples for more than three centuries are still grim realities today. The failures of Canada's racist policies toward Aboriginal peoples are reflected in the high levels of unemployment and poor education.

Aboriginal people represent less than 3% of the total population in BC. Yet, they account for more than 9% of all suicides in BC (Chandler). The numbers of suicides amongst aboriginal youth are even more alarming – nearly one-fourth of all youth suicides in BC are committed by aboriginals and more than half of all aboriginal suicides are committed by youth (Chandler). The fact that indigenous communities in Canada have the highest rate of suicide of any culturally identifiable group in the world implies that these alarming statistics may not solely be a result of aboriginal communities belonging to a minority cultural group. I will attempt to build a speculative hypothesis behind the significantly high suicide rates amongst aboriginal

The Aboriginal peoples of Canada had gone through many situations to get to where they are today with their education system. Pain, sorrow, doubt, and hope are all feelings brought to mind when thinking about the history and the future of Aboriginal education. By taking a look at the past, anyone can see that the right to education for Aboriginal peoples has been fought about as early as the 1870s. This is still is a pressing issue today. Elder teachings, residential, reserve and post-secondary schools have all been concerning events of the past as well as the present. Though education has improved for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, there are still many concerns and needs of reconciliation for the past to improve the future.

Concerns of violent victimization and self-destructive tendencies in Aboriginal communities have become a significant issue in Aboriginal movements worldwide. In Canada, it has taken the specific form of feminist-inspired campaigns for only those Indigenous females that are missing and murdered. The highly vocalized 2015 campaign for the 42nd Canadian Federal Election drew much attention to the fate of missing and murdered Indigenous women. However, the attention on females suggests that the inherent implication that Indigenous men’s attitudes toward Indigenous women are the problem and that the men are not victims of violence themselves. This essay will first acknowledge the chronic problem of violence in the place of Indigenous peoples in first world societies and the continuing social problems that marginalize their position. This paper will then examine the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, the violence in their communities, and whether or not Indigenous men and their masculinities have an appropriate place in the national picture regarding the missing and murdered Indigenous women. I will conclude with a consideration of the extent to which if men do have an appropriate place in the inquiry and which policy recommendations are required to address the issues that Aboriginal people confront.

The Canadian native aboriginals are the original indigenous settlers of North Canada in Canada. They are made up of the Inuit, Metis and the First nation. Through archeological evidence old crow flats seem to the earliest known settlement sites for the aboriginals. Other archeological evidence reveals the following characteristics of the Aboriginal culture: ceremonial architecture, permanent settlement, agriculture and complex social hierarchy. A number of treaties and laws have been enacted amongst the First nation and European immigrants throughout Canada. For instance the Aboriginal self-government right was a step to assimilate them in Canadian society. This allows for a chance to manage

The relationship between the Indigenous people of North America and the monarchies of Western Europe began over three centuries ago after it was realized there was more than fish and fur to be had across the Atlantic Ocean. Indigenous nations inhabited every corner of what is now Canada when France and Britain began to colonize the North East of the continent. Between these European states and many Indigenous nations there was trade, wars fought, treaties written, all of the standard practices of Nation to Nation relationships. Eventually with the defeat of the French imperial power, Britain effectively expanded their empire to include most of North America. The acquirement of those French claimed territories lead to the infamous Royal Proclamation of 1763. From here the relationship between the British Crown and the Aboriginal nations changed monumentally. Today the British Crown has been replaced by the Canadian Crown in Canada, a legally separate entity, as mentioned by Nathan Tidridge (2016) in “The Crown and Indigenous Peoples” (p.1). The relationship between First Nations and Settlers has gone from being between; “Nations and Tribes” (Royal Proclamation of 1763) and the Empire of Britain, to Institutions of the Federal Government (Indian/Indigenous and Northern affairs) and the many First Nations and Inuit Bands of Canada. However; the Proclamation has continued to stand and influence policy and decision making by colonial powers in regard to Aboriginal people in

Aboriginal people are the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada. Many are brave and skilled hunters, on the battlefield, they are recognized as effective scouts and snipers, endowed with courage, stamina, and keen observation powers. During WWI, Aboriginal people made a significant contribution by raising donations over twenty-five thousand dollars and fought in many major battles. Despite the discontent about another war, many Aboriginals again answered the call and made many significant contributions to both the battlefields and the home front. At least 3000 Indians, including 72 women, an unknown number of Inuit, Metis, and other Natives enlisted for military service. Tommy Prince is one of the best aboriginal soldiers in the

Following the raids in Germany, the Twelve Tribes community in Winnipeg also became subject to media criticism mainly influenced by the stereotypes and apostasy by the anticult movements with the support of former members. The Radio interview conducted by CBC news is an example of such media presentation. In this interview, Matthew Klein (an Australian) a former member of the Twelve Tribes community in Winnipeg who is dissatisfied with his experience within the group, is used as an example to highlight how the adult group members are compelled to spank their children multiple times a day to discipline them (Markusa 2014). In the same interview, some current members were also invited to share their insights on the use of corporal punishment. One of the members stated that the usage of sticks to punish the children is a diminutive part of creating discipline in

In my opinion, this means society is together as a unit;even though we still have different outlooks on certain situations since everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Each topic made in these stanzas pertaining to how we treat each

If some average person wanted to make a good change in the world, how would he/she do it if everyone went by the motto of “might makes right?” Since, unfortunately, this has become the accepted motto in today’s world, the average person would not dare to think to change anything. He or she just chalks it up to the theory that “might makes right.” He/she assumes that they have no influence and thus they conclude that they cannot possibly change anything. They wave hello to passive citizenship and goodbye to their rights. No one believes in what Gandhi said anymore; dash it, no one even knows. What a man he was! He said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” The first step is to be the example.

The Indian does not exist. It is an imaginary figure, according to Daniel Francis (The Imaginary Indian), invented by Europeans that originated in Columbus's mistake, as he believed he had landed in the East Indies, and developed into fantasy. "Through the prism of white hopes, fears and prejudices, indigenous Americans would be seen to have lost contact with reality and to have become 'Indians'; that is anything non-Natives wanted them to be," (5). Thus they were attributed a wide range of conflicting characteristics, simultaneously seen as noble savages, full of stoicism, the last representatives of a dying race and blood-thirsty warriors, void of emotion and dull-witted, reflecting European

About 2.6% of the Costa Rican population consists of Indigenous People. The main issues affecting indigenous people are therefore encroachment on indigenous traditional lands, environmental degradation, unemployment and the lack of job opportunities on or near reservations. Indigenous people lack the right to maintain groups with their own unique cultures. Many wish to enjoy and pass on to their children their history, languages, traditions, modes of internal government, spiritual practices, and everything else that makes them who they are.

I wanted this to be the first topic because I believe it’s the most important. We have a serious job of supporting an agency which is responsible for protecting the

As a part of the community case study, we selected the Hupacasath First Nation community first nation that situated in the Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They are just one among the First Nation communities, who suffer a lot to survive in this materialistic world. Even with all we already know about the Native people and culture, it is a very interesting topic for us and we are very eager to learn something new about them. When we started the case study, we could understand that, it is a broad topic and we have a lot to learn about the Hupacasath First Nation community. Besides, one of our group members is also interested to work with native people and has a passion to the Indigenous culture, which guided us to