Since Confederation, Relations Between The Canadian Federal

In modern society the question of why the aboriginal population receives benefits often arises. Much of today’s youth does not understand that the Native American people were often stripped of their rights in the past in order to gain these advantages. Two main incidents were established in the Aboriginal history, the first was the treaties that spread across Canada and the second incident was the Indian Act of 1876. The main difference between the Indian Act and treaties were the aboriginal’s role in the decision-making. Treaties allowed for a compromise between the Natives and the government that allowed for benefits on both ends whereas the Indian act

With the passage of the British North American Act in the 1867 and the implementation of the Indian Act in 1876, the “government was required to provide Indigenous youth with an education to integrate them into Canadian society” (Brady 1995). The first residential schools were set up in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s. After the residential school system was established, children were stripped away from their parents and had no freedom to choose whether they wanted to attend. In these schools heavily controlled by catholic churches, children were forced to pray to whom they had no connection with and forbidden to practice their own culture. The goal was to “convert the children to Christianity and

The British North America Act of 1867 and the subsequent Indian Act of 1876 gave the Canadian government, under prime minster John A. Macdonald, full control over the nation’s Aboriginal people. The government used this power to establish boarding schools for Aboriginal children. An estimated 144 residential schools operated at different times between the late 1800s and 1996 throughout Canada. These schools were established with the purpose to enhance assimilation of Aboriginal children into the Canadian culture of British and French heritage. However, despite these misguided government attempts lasting more than a century, the Aboriginal culture and civilization could not be eradicated, and the residential school system as originally conceived proved to be a failure.

The legacy of historical globalization on the Aboriginal community is still a very much relevant issue in Canada. Although historical globalization interconnected different countries and nations, it gave birth to imperialism and colonialism. As a result of this, legislations such as the Indian Act was implemented. The Indian Act was passed by the Canadian government in 1876 in an attempt to assimilate First Nations into mainstream society. In an attempt to erase the “Indian” in the First Nations, first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald implemented a policy of “aggressive civilization” which led to publicly funded Indian Residential Schools. At the time, anyone from the ages five to fifteen years old were forced to go to a Residential School. A total of one hundred and fifty thousand children was sent to these school’s, however, the negative impact wasn’t limited to these people. The effects of Residential school and Indian Act still resonate for the generations that followed. The systems that the Canadian government use to assimilate the First Nations such as the Indian Act and Residential schools left a huge impact on the Aboriginal community. Social problems, such as abuse, alcoholism, suicide and poverty are only a few of the issues that sprouted from the effects of historical globalization. The Canadian government’s effort in trying to reconcile with the First Nation can be seen through the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the amendment of the Indian Act, and the Truth

In addition to the Indian Act came another mechanism called residential schools. According to Frideres (2011) residential schools were an educational institution established by the Canadian government and the Roman Catholic missionaries for the purpose of forcing native people to abandon their culture and adopt “a more superior” way of living. The first residential school was established in 1874, after which the number of these schools rapidly spread all

In this article, McIvor discusses the history of Aboriginal Land Claims in Canada, and how they have been handle in the past. The article also suggests that the Canadian government’s plan to extinguish Indigenous people’s interest in their lands is wrong, and they should instead, recognize Aboriginal Title. This suggests that the Canadian government should adopt a new policy that is coherent with the principles underlying the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. Dr. Bruce McIvor is the principle of First Peoples Laws, that is an organization that is dedicated to defending Aboriginal Rights. He has practiced law for many years, and therefore is qualified to write his opinion of the subject. My study focuses on issues

Aboriginals are the indigenous people of Canada and have been around for thousands of years. But it has not been until recently that they have been integrated into the outsider culture. In return, Aboriginals have been protesting across battle in an effort to be recognized and have their rights adhered to. They have been raising concerns that the government and industry have failed to consult with them when it came to development projects on their land. The issues are two-fold: in the past there have been large dams built on Native territory, as they are concerned with the impacts on fish and wildlife, and the fact that it destroys rivers and jobs. Secondly, the impact the government has had on the sovereignty of Aboriginals and how

One of the darker parts of Canada’s history, residential schools caused a cultural genocide across the First Nations peoples. Residential schools were created with the intent of colonizing the First Nations peoples. Most of these schools were run by the christian churches and they were funded by the government’s department of Indian Affairs. Roughly 150,000 children have been through the school system. From this group, approximately 6,000 kids died. During their time at the schools, a vast majority of students suffered through various degrees of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Along with this, the facilities were poorly maintained. Lots of teachers would force the kids to maintain the facilities. They passed it off to the kids by saying it was “training for their future.” Despite this the facilities were still poorly maintained and they also had inadequate heating systems. This led to high rates of tuberculosis and influenza.

It has been proven that Canada’s legislative and administrative protection given to fund Aboriginal territory has not been working in regards to addressing Aboriginal political status, land claims and entitlement, resource development and territory jurisdiction. Canada most recently has been attempting to municipalize Aboriginal lands and delegate them under municipal control. First Nations citizens want their own self-autonomy and not to be ruled by municipalities.

An agreement called Indian Residential Schools Settlement Act is where Native Canadians is taken away from their families and placed in Canadian residential school system during 20th century. That demonstrates the consequences of assimilation in every residential schools. Devaluation of their culture and religion is one of the consequences of imperialism addressed by the policy. Natives are forced to have European culture and leave their own culture to fit in with everybody else; going to a residential school is one of the most common ways of assimilation. Residential Schools in Canada started in 1831, where natives have encountered traumatic, physical and sexual abuse from the schools that were directed by churches. Any communications with

A “two-track” approach to obtain self-government was adopted by the Federal government in 1985. One path was through constitutional negotiations, while the other was through “community-based negotiations with Indian bands, and a tripartite process between the federal government, provincial government and Metis and Non-Status Indians” (Wherret & Allain, 1999, 3). This approach led to a new policy on Community-Based Self-Government Negotiations by the federal government which helped extend the control and the ability for bands to facilitate legislative self-governments contracts. Self-government for aboriginal people was also being attainted through the negotiations of comprehensive lands claim agreements. These agreements based on unextinguished Aboriginal title where not constitutional protected as “the government preferred to negotiate self-government arrangements separately from other matter in order to avoid entrenchment under s.35(3) of the Constitutional Act, 1982 (Wherret & Allain, 1999,

Residential schools were an education system set up by the Canadian government and administered by churches with the objective to assimilate aboriginal youth into mainstream Canadian society. For over a century, the school system forcibly separated approximately 150,000 children from their families and forbid them to acknowledge their Aboriginal heritage, culture or to speak their native languages. , If these regulations were not followed, the children suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse. These harsh methods of assimilation eliminated Aboriginal government and caused Aboriginal peoples to cease to exist as social, cultural, and racial entities in Canada.

Canada is considered a relatively peaceful country that has little conflict with foreign countries worldwide. Although Canada has peaceful foreign relations its biggest concern comes internally with the Native Aboriginal population. The Native Aboriginal population has had constant conflict with the colonizing population ever since white European settlers colonized Canada.Throughout this paper I will argue how post colonial rule had had detrimental effects on todays Canadian Aboriginal population by examining the Indian residential school system in Canada, the Indian Act, and Canadian Aboriginal reserves.

Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) guarantees that “every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law.” However, the government provides significant financial benefits to Aboriginal Canadians. Many Aboriginal Canadians do not work; rather, they rely on these entitlements to support themselves. These benefits are designed to compensate for the considerable adversity that Aboriginal communities have faced. In this essay, I argue that the government should cease to provide most transfer payments to Aboriginal Canadians so that all Canadians receive equal protection and benefit from the law as outlined in Section 15 of the Charter. I will further argue that

The Indian Act empowered the Canadian government in controlling the lives of First Nations. First Nations no longer had the freedom to be who they were, and they could not live wherever they wanted. For instance, if a status Indian woman marries a non-status Indian man, she would stripped off the government rights toward Indians and she would not be recognized as an Indian by the crown.