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    There is a concern involving the Canadian government addressing Indigenous health care problems. Discrimination against Indigenous people in terms of health care is on the rise because there are many people who treat these First Nations people with less than second-class treatment . Indigenous people are being discriminated against because of the assumption that all their issues are because of alcohol consumption. In 2015, Michelle Labrecque, an Oneida woman, was discriminated against in terms of

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    forcing them to comply with Euro-Canadian culture, Indigenous people had every right to be enraged. Indigenous, or Aboriginal people is a title given to the original settlers and their descendants of North America. Indians (or First nations), Metis and Inuit, are 3 groups of distinct peoples with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs, and it is unfair to call them one. In Canada today, more than 1.7 million people identify themselves as an Aboriginal person. Amongst the

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    Apology to Indigenous People In 2008, Australian government apologized to the indigenous people who are also called Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. The Australian government has confirmed that during 1800 to until 1970, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in their respective states were affected by the forced removal of children. There were thousands of indigenous children died by rape and distress they suffered by white man. There were not treated as equally as white children

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    To be a future nurse, it is important to understand the contrast between Indigenous peoples and healthcare. To me this is a very important subject as in todays day Indigenous health is lower than non-Indigenous health. The very first point under healthcare describes that we need to understand that healthcare among Aboriginal peoples in relations to the past Residential school system. Under this system, it is important to understand what kinds of treatment these children were put under. From under

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    Ashley Professor Martin HIS 101 10 April 2010 Essay #1 What aspects of the non-English styles (Spanish, Dutch, French) show a different mindset from that of the English settlers? (That is, what values or priorities are different?) As we have read in the book, Agriculture has become very big in our society today. The way a house is built gives a home its beauty, and it’s feeling. The non-English style houses (Spanish, Dutch and French) show a different mindset and have different features

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    What this account reveals about slavery is that humans were treated horribly in the south, thought of as nothing more than property with less respect and dignity than that of an animal. Where they would welcome the jail rather than the hell of slavery, where nothing was certain and that their families could be taken from them at a moments notice to please the master and to help make them more obedient. It also seems that sick and twisted men used these slaves for their own pleasure hiding behind

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    They have enough problems with their bodys and don’t need criticism from others. Transgender people get discriminated by their community and their presidant but there are many people who try and help the transgender community. Discrimination against transgender people is a real problem in the work place. First, being transgender can affect employment. In 2006, a survey was taken on transgender people. The survey was about how they are living and the results were 35 percent of transgenders are

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    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 negative

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    The First Nation Peoples lived on the grassland of the Prairies, they were the first people to use the area for many resources. On the Prairies, the first Americans can get their medicine and food from the plants on the Prairie. They would burn the Prairies so they could beat the bison in a hunt. Bisons are the Native Peoples main source of food supply. Bisons were very important for the fur trade activity for the European town. The meat on the bison was theirs nutrition, the skin of the bison was

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    articles demonstrates historical perspective by how we view leaders throughout history. Zinn’s reason for writing is to prove his displeasure in the glorified way our leaders are presented to American students, and ignoring the side of the lesser people. Zinn wants the reader to

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