The Canadian Government Enacted An Indian Act

The Indian Act was created in 1876 and has been amended many times through history. The Act was created by European settlers under the British crown in order to assert control over the Indigenous people of Canada. It developed into the takeover of Indigenous land, imposed the rule of the Crown on Indigenous affairs, openly allowed discrimination, and restricts hunting. Also, the act implemented the abolishment of band councils, entrapment within harsh reserve living conditions, the creation of residential

Canadian Native Aboriginals Introduction 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

in 1633-34, thereby written as a bias to the dominant belief at the time. Paul Le Jeune begins with a statement – “the great show of power made at first by the Portuguese in the East and West Indies inspired profound admiration in the minds of the Indians”. Le Jeune’s intent is to impose the same assertion upon the Aboriginals in Lower Canada. Through the course of time spent with the Hurons he learnt their language, he created a relationship with the Hurons and securing their trust by joining them

A Glimpse of Canadian Aboriginals The Canadian native aboriginals are the original indigenous settlers of North 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

Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the Aboriginals saying “today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm and has no place in our country” (CBC news). The Aboriginals, waiting for this moment to occur in Canadian history responded with sorry is not enough. Assimilation is defined as absorbing a culture or adapting to a nation. The wrong in what happened in the historical past was assimilation was attempted in very wrongful unforgiving way, actions indeed

unresolved; it was only in 2010 that a class action suit was brought to the courts in Ontario and 2011 from survivors in British Columbia. Restitution for this is far from over. According to John Beaucage the former Grand Chief of the Union of Ontario Indians, we have now entered a new stage in the assimilation of aboriginals called the “Millennium Scoop”. In his report commissioned by the Ministry Children and Youth Services he states “Although Aboriginal people make up about 2 per cent of the province’s

habeas corpus, nobody is above the law, and women’s rights. It provided the foundation to human rights laws that are set in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms today. In 1948, when the United Nations was drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they were inspired by the ideals in the Magna Carta. When the Canadian Government enacted the Human Rights Act, it was referred to as the Modern Day Magna Carta. (source) Although some material in the Magna Carta is now outdated, the basic

Aboriginal peoples has resulted in their overrepresentation in Canadian incarceration institutions (Comack, 2014, pp. 116-142). To expand on this concept, it is my intention to argue that the Canadian Legal system has historically, and continues to, internally and sexually colonized Aboriginal peoples in Canada, suppressing their livelihood, cultures and communities. The political and legislative approaches of Canada’s provincial and federal government are the root of Aboriginal peoples’ historically subordinate

leaving entire communities displaced. The Canadian Government fails to recognize the treatment of Aboriginal peoples during the residential school period and there hasn’t been much done to help those who are affected. These young individuals learned shame for their culture, their brothers and sisters and themselves, humiliation of their own culture and identities. They also learned of compassion

of An Act to Encourage the Gradual Civilization of Indian Tribes in this Province, and to amend the Laws Relating to Indians, 1857 include: - Applied equally to Upper and Lower Canada; - Referred to as the Gradual Civilization Act, this statute was the first to introduce the concept of enfranchisement - the process by which Indian people lost their Indian status and became full British subjects; - Intent was to remove all legal distinctions between Indians and non-Indians. - Only Indian men could