Summary Of We Must Farm To Enable Us To Live

Within the Aboriginal ways of knowing it is suggested that “land is the heart of Creation, a realm where humans are among a vast array of creatures” (Belanger, 2014, p. 7). In essence, the Aboriginal people have looked upon the earth as a source of resources that may be utilized but must be honored. This is further substantiated by Belanger when he states that “human beings began to measure their existence in terms of how well they ensured the land’s health and safety, as opposed to how well they acquired wealth and personal gain” (Belanger, 2014, p. 8). As a result of this deeply ingrained relationship between the Aboriginal person and Creation, it comes as no surprise to learn that the Aboriginal people of Canada have decided to revolt

In American Indian Stories, University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London edition, the author, Zitkala-Sa, tries to tell stories that depicted life growing up on a reservation. Her stories showed how Native Americans reacted to the white man’s ways of running the land and changing the life of Indians. “Zitkala-Sa was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition” (back cover) is a great way to show that the author’s stories were based upon actual events in her life as a Dakota Sioux Indian. This essay will describe and analyze Native American life as described by Zitkala-Sa’s American Indian Stories, it will relate to Native Americans and their interactions with American societies, it will

Thousands of indigenous tribes live off the earth, the source of their sustenance and for centuries, it has been their priority to protect and care for it. The years after are congested with concepts of assimilation and infantilization that compromise rights to be stewards of the land. Dr. Stan Louttit states, “Ontario and the federal government came to an agreement that one of the soul purposes of wanting to enter into a treaty with the Crees of Northeastern Ontario was that they wanted the land, they wanted the resource and they could see that in the future there

In this research paper, I will be explaining how western colonialism and racism destroyed the reputation of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The reason why I chose this topic because it shows the strong relationship to anthropology and after taking aboriginal studies 30, it also shows that I have a clear understanding about the history of aboriginal peoples in Canada, the struggles they have been through over the past decade and the challenges they still face today in modern day society. I’ll be addressing these issues in a couple of paragraphs on the discrimination and the inequalities of these “minorities” and how they had to assimilate into European culture, leaving their way of life behind them.

The Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) First Nation is an Ojibwa First Nation located north of Kenora, ON. The community has been fighting against environmental injustices imposed on them from various actors over the last 40 years (Rodgers, 2009, para. 10), involving issues with mercury poisoned fish (para. 1) clear cutting of their lands (para. 27) and subsequent degradation of their land, water and food sources. This essay will detail the environmental justice struggles of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, point out the unfair treatment and environmental racism they have been subject to and will also question the role that authority, power and litigation have played within the community.

Not until now did I realized that Native American Reservations have been suffering the side effects of poverty and unemployment. It is impossible to describe the many factors that have contributed to the challenges that American Indians face today, but many of the statistics and fact show how life is for many in reservations. The poverty in Native American Reservation can be described in no other form than third world. It is common to find people living under horrible living conditions and many vagabonds. Tribes have reported as high as 85% of Native Americans in reservations are unemployed.

Since the beginning of colonization, indigenous people of Canada have been repressed in many ways by the Westerners. Aboriginal women have been having a really hard time, being not only aboriginal, but also women in a male-dominated society where women are seen as secondary and don’t have all the rights and privileges that men have. We will focus here on the legal discrimination against indigenous women in Canada that came with the Indian Act of 1876 and the amendment of 1985, how those two events influenced women. We will first study why indigenous women have been more discriminated than indigenous men, then how the Indian Act reinforced this inequity. Then we will see how the 1985 amendment came to be, a century later and what are the consequences of legal discrimination for indigenous women in Canada. We will conclude that, in a context of discrimination against natives with colonization, the Indian Act made legal injustices in detriment of indigenous women, and that after years of favouritism against them they finally gained a bit of justice through the amendment of 1985.

In the early 1880’s, the media played off western Euro-Canadian’s fears of a First Nations uprising, reinforcing and supporting negative stereotypes of First Nations. It was widely believed by Euro-Canadians that the First Nations people had joined the Metis to collapse the North-West government authority.[1] In an editorial written by in the Saskatchewan Herald on April 23, 1885, as cited by Blair Stonechild in his book “Saskatchewan[FK2] Indian and the Resistance of 1885: Two Case Studies”, it states, “the petted[FK3] Indians have proved the bad ones, and this gives weight to the old adage that the only good Indians are the dead ones.”[2] Euro-Canadians[FK4] held many misconceptions regarding the First Nations people, their treaties, and their political efforts, and the media’s extreme hostility

In this instance, the cause is the constant and prolonged destruction of Indian land for personal interest; while the effect has been multi-pronged and far reaching. These effects include structural racism, unemployment, poverty, loss of ecosystem, senseless death, and underdevelopment. The writer has been able to vividly portray the history and current position of the North Cheyenne Indians and hopefully, this article will serve as a valuable source of awareness to those who can make a

The labeling of individuals and groups as ‘different’ is part of the process of creating social hierarchies, which represents the foundation of oppression (de Leeuw, Kobayashi, & Cameron, 2011). This story brings to light the denial of systematic racism of the indigenous people in Canada. It was established that although Canada prides itself in the great variety of culture and ethnicity and religion. However, despite such practices, racism is still a significant issue. Oppression is a contemporary issue for indigenous people because Canadians are still ignorant about aboriginal history. There is a misconception that aboriginals are either living in an idyllic utopian society or in a primitive world. “underprivileged” and “disadvantage”, lazy,

In Eden Robinson’s short story “Traplines”, white influence is presented as the primary antagonist. Through vivid descriptions, Robinson shows the reader the extent to which white culture has poorly influenced Native culture. “Traplines” illustrates that the responsibility to maintain culture is of utmost importance and is made exceedingly difficult within First Nations communities due to the presence of white influences.

Lee Tunstall provides insight regarding discrimination against Aboriginal people in Canada. The article recaps the history and hardships between European and Aboriginal groups, while discussing the beliefs of each of the groups. Additionally, Lee Tunstall reminds the reader of the harsh reality of the deculturalization, ranging from the development of residential schools, the banning of many important gatherings and cultural bans. Tunstall also mentions the continued discrimination of Aboriginal peoples today and how Canada still needs to continue to improve and rebuild the ties with Aboriginal people. The article also discus the rapid population growth of the many different Aboriginal populations and how they contribute to the modern day twenty-first century. Despite the fact that Lee Tunstall is not an aboriginal woman, she still continues to be a credible source, for she is apart of

For decades, Controversial and intrusive piece of federal legislation governed almost all aspects of Aboriginal life, from the nature of band governance and land tenure systems to restrictions on Aboriginal cultural practices. Most critically, the Indian Act defines the qualifications for being a “status Indian,” and as such has been the centerpiece of Aboriginal anger over federal attempts to control Aboriginal identity and membership. Since being passed by Parliament in 1876, the Indian Act has been the touchstone for Aboriginal affairs in Canada. Few documents in Canadian history have generated as much debate, anger and sorrow as the Indian Act. Yet the legislation persists as a central element in the management of Aboriginal affairs in the country. While Aboriginal anger with historic and current terms of the Indian Act is deep and powerful, Indigenous politicians and governments remain strongly divided as to the value and purpose of the legislation. This is hardly surprising, given that the political structures and political cultures of Aboriginal communities across the country have, for generations, been created and distorted by the imposition of Indian Act government systems

Thesis: In comparison to the white farmers, first nation farmers gained visible skills in technology and agriculture on their reserves, because of this they began to pose as a threat to the white and immigrant farmers. Around the 1880’s the Department of Indian Affairs divided the First Nations and white farmers into non-competing groups. This was just for the benefit of the white farmers as to protect their income. Thus, this ruling set extreme limits of Aboriginal farming and was detrimental to the reserve land.

Examine the representation of the encounter between white settler-invaders and Indigenous peoples in Jeannette Amstrong’s “History Lesson” and Roughing It in the Bush.