Aboriginal peoples in Canada

Since the beginning of our colonial history, Canada’s Indigenous people have struggled with racist legislation and policies designed to terminate their cultural values, rights, and freedoms. From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the recently passed Bill C-51, Canada’s Eurocentric federal government has caused a cultural oppression, and some would even argue, genocide of Canada’s First Nations people (Gray, 2011). Canada’s history of discriminatory federal policies have not only wrought destruction

INTRODUCTION: Concerns of violent victimization and self-destructive tendencies in Aboriginal communities have become a significant issue in Aboriginal movements worldwide. In Canada, it has taken the specific form of feminist-inspired campaigns for only those Indigenous females that are missing and murdered. The highly vocalized 2015 campaign for the 42nd Canadian Federal Election drew much attention to the fate of missing and murdered Indigenous women. However, the attention on females suggests

History The first people, or aboriginal people, of Canada consists of the Inuits, Métis, and various groups of Indians referred to as the First Nations. Although all three groups are considered aboriginal, the very first people to settle in Canada were the First Nations. They were followed by the Métis, and finally Inuits. Various pieces of information, such as bones and artifacts, show that the First nations arrived at Canada right after the last Ice age, which is approximately 12,000 years ago

Aboriginal People of Canada Over the past decades, Aboriginal people (the original people or indigenous occupants of a particular country), have been oppressed by the Canadian society and continue to live under racism resulting in gender/ class oppression. The history of Colonialism, and Capitalism has played a significant role in the construction and impact of how Aborignal people are treated and viewed presently in the Canadian society. The struggles, injustices, prejudice, and discrimination

women that served (WWI) for Canada, some of whose experiences were very diverse. Aboriginal men who served in the war suffered great inequality because of racism. Aboriginal people living in Canada were recruited to fight in WWI for a variety of reasons. Although some of these reasons for recruitment were different than non-aboriginal people. If you were non-Aboriginal you would be able to join the war if you were an adult Canadian citizen. However if you were Aboriginal you couldn’t join even if

The acts regarding Aboriginal peoples is a third important aspect of the major terms and conditions set in the constitution act (1867). Throughout the years, Canada has faced many issues regarding the rights of Aboriginal People. “As colonization spread across North America, native peoples often found themselves unwelcome in habitats of their own lands, and Europeans used a combination of force and peaceful means (eg. treaties) to re-settle natives in reserved areas of land.” (McCormack & Bueckert

Canada a glorious country to spend one’s life on has some jig-saw puzzles that are not completely solved. The bottom three choices that makes individuals melancholy are the following: The way Canada treats its aboriginal people is ranked 11, Canadian environment ranked 10, and Canadian social safety net ranked 9. For the past few years, Canada treats the aboriginal people poorly and not equally. The longevity of aboriginal Canadians is lower than non-aboriginal Canadians and many babies die at birth

Aboriginal people represent less than 3% of the total population in BC. Yet, they account for more than 9% of all suicides in BC (Chandler). The numbers of suicides amongst aboriginal youth are even more alarming – nearly one-fourth of all youth suicides in BC are committed by aboriginals and more than half of all aboriginal suicides are committed by youth (Chandler). The fact that indigenous communities in Canada have the highest rate of suicide of any culturally identifiable group in the world

First Nations is a term used to define Aboriginal people in Canada who are not Métis or Inuit. First Nations people are commonly identified by other names, such as Indians, Natives, Native Canadians, and Native Americans. Using any general term almost always involves an explanation as these names can cause problems. After watching the Ted talk I realized having only one viewpoint to a story can limit the ideas we are able to obtain from it. The Ted talk connects with First Nations as it opens our

Canada is a nation of opportunity and freedom. People from all around the world immigrate to Canada to start a new life, to get away from war or poverty. Canada opens their arms to them and accepts them, and gives them money to get them started. But how about those who were here from the very beginning, before anyone else landed in Canada; the ones that are called First Nation people, or Aboriginals? What is the government doing for them? Why are First Nations people suffering the worst in Canada