Indigenous peoples

People or Resources The mistreatments of Indigenous People are highlighted in Claudia Rowe’s article “Coal Mining on Navajo Nation in Arizona Takes Heavy Toll” and Anne Minard’s article “Navajo Nation Slams Door on Deal That Would Have Allowed Uranium Mining”. Even though the Navajo and the Hopi existed on the land before foreign explorers settled, they are currently given small portions of land and are constantly fighting to survive. Without help or support from the government, Indigenous people

Canada’s Indigenous population over the past decades, appears to suggest otherwise. Indigenous people have been tormented and oppressed by the Canadian society for hundreds of years and remain to live under discrimination resulting in cultural brutality. This, and more, has caused severe negative cultural consequences, psychological and sociological effects. The history of the seclusion of Indigenous people has played a prominent aspect in the development and impact of how Indigenous people are treated

Health disparities can be viewed in a variety of different ways. People can experience it in different ways and some have more health disparities than others. As defined by the CDC. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) “Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that is experienced by socially disadvantaged populations”. Therefore different populations are affected differently, it all depends on your

In the United States, the indigenous people have been treated unfairly since colonization first began. Indigenous people are treated like they are less than humans. This is not only seen in the United States, but instead is seen all across the country. The unfair treatment and lack of respect for indigenous people led to the need for a document declaring their rights. On September 13th, 2007, the United Nations adopted The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.This document included several

The Indigenous Peoples of Canada as a community were violated in numerous ways including colonization. The prolonged transgression of the Indigenous Peoples has left them in arguably the worst environmental, educational, social and economic state in the Nation decades after initial contact (Canadian Population Health Initiative, 2004). As a direct result traditions pertaining to all aspects of Indigenous life were affected, specifically traditional means of health. In an attempt to figuratively

Powerful grassroot regional indigenous organizations in the 1970s like the North American Indian Brotherhood (NAIB) contributed immensely in forging a regional voice for indigenous people in North America (Sanders, 1977) while the Sami Council remarkably stood its ground as one of the earliest recognized ethno-based regional council emboldening and uniting Sami in Norway, Finland and Sweden (Dahl, 2012). The NAIB was among the first indigenous peoples’ organization to seek NGO status in 1972 within

specific group of people is used as ‘inspiration’ for such symbols or sports names, the results may be harmful. Such harm can be seen with the controversy surrounding the use of Indigenous related symbols, mascots or team names. Proponents of the continued use of Indigenous related symbols, mascots and team names defend the continuation, stating that the purpose is to honor the Indigenous people. Opponents, on the other hand, see such continuation as harmful for the Indigenous people and a practice

1500 to 1610, relations between indigenous peoples and Europeans had a large variance relying primarily on the point of view you took in the time period. To indigenous peoples, relations with Europeans were copiously taken up by conflict, with Europeans using advanced weaponry, disease, and technology to take natives’ land. When Jamestown was first settled in the early 1600s, there was constant warfare between the Powhatans and the colonists. For the indigenous peoples, these contacts were essentially

the late 15th century, it soon became clear that the indigenous populations were complex and intricate with their own unique languages, traditions, and most importantly, religions. During the 16th-century many friar missionaries embarked to the Americas to learn and dissect these new-found religions, and to convert the indigenous population over to Catholicism. The Spanish clergy employed different techniques to try and convert the indigenous population, whether it was with the implementation of

Throughout the film, numerous themes and messages emerge that show the audience not only the issues affecting Indigenous people in the 1990’s, but also the issues that were affecting them during European colonization, and even today. One meaning that is established throughout the film, and even in the title of the movie, is how Indigenous people are continuing to resist the development projects that the government is undertaking on their land. For example, in the beginning of the film, the producers