First Nations culture

The Beaver Wars and the European/American Indian Relationship Introduction Genocide is not a feature of warfare or rule that can be unilaterally blamed on European nations. It was a natural outgrowth of a people's desire to devastate another group of people for some purpose such as to steal land or gain an economic advantage. The Europeans who sailed to North America were skilled in this particular form of warfare having practiced it on one another for centuries, but they did not have to introduce

When we look back in Canada’s past, one of the most racialized groups in our history is Aboriginals. The Aboriginal people of Canada were singled out due to the fact their skin color and ways of living were different than others. Because of this difference in lifestyle and race, the Aboriginal people of Canada would be subjects to a traumatic experience which would change their lives. Not only would this change their lives but with it would bring them a lot of pain and suffering. This life changing

destroying their native culture. When attending these schools, Aboriginal children also suffered from sexual, physical, psychological, and/or spiritual abuse which had a negative impact on their overall well-being (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2012). These detrimental events endured by an Indigenous child were portrayed within the novella, Wenjack, written by Joseph Boyden. Throughout the novella, it explores the experiences undergone by a First Nation student, Chanie, whose

a constant, vast inequalities surrounding Indigenous communities. These inequalities have lingered, growing substantially over the course of history, affecting all members of this culture. The colonization uprooted the structures, views, and values of Indigenous people in an attempt to abolish the First Nations culture and identity. Although these radicalized approaches are seemingly in the past, the affects are still immensely present and negatively impact Indigenous people today. Monchalin (2016)

THE AFFECTS OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS: A LIST By: Sanchia Nawar - Residential schools were religious schools ran by the government and churches which were made to assimilate First Nations, Indigenous, Metis, and Aboriginal children into European culture. - Lives and communities were messed with because of residential schools, which caused many long term problems among these people. When children went home from residential schools, they normally felt out of place. - In total, an estimated 150,000 children

in Northern British Columbia stating that the economic growth is strong, however the division of wealth sharing is still not in place, forcing smaller communities to live below the poverty line, with an unemployment rate as high as 92% in some first nation reserves. The issue of the murdered and missing women and girls is a sad result of systemic and socioeconomic issues that have

Teacher Cynthia Martin Canadian Democracy 306 10 May 2016 The Betrayal of Aboriginal peoples in Canada In Canadian history courses, we studied how the Europeans established in Canada to start a new life. We also learned that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to discover this empty land, but in contrary, the native Canadians were already living in Canada even before it is discovered. Notwithstanding the European settlers moved in and took over the place. They brought their own Government, they

gruesome act our first Prime Minister, Sir John. A Macdonald enacted to eliminate savage-like behaviors from the Indigenous peoples and teach them civilized behaviors. Residential schools did not only affect those that were forced into the institutions, but they also affected families that had children ripped from their grasp, along with generations afterwards - this caused intergenerational trauma. Residential schools had a catastrophic impact on Indigenous children, families and their culture; the effects

In the summer of 2007 an incident occurred at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Lethbridge, Alberta that caused a national outcry among First Nations people, who demanded that all people in Canada boycott the coffee chain. This incident brought two people together who were significantly different in ethnicity, life experience, and for at least one of them, a complete lack of understanding of the other. The Incident In May of 2007, two employees working the night shift at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in

and still, the Native Canadian children were deprived, abused, and secluded for years in Residential schools for decades. In ‘Aboriginal History- A Reader, chapter nine discusses the horrifying genocide that took on estimate 150,000 children’s culture and lives forcefully away from them. Haig-Brown illustrates the disturbing time period in which Residential schools took place. Residential schooling in definition was the forced schooling upon tens of thousands of Indigenous Canadian children; these