First Nations

Conflict between Canada and the First Nations has been going on since the Europeans first arrived. After their arrival the First Nations way of life was hindered severely; The Europeans brought many diseases that the Aboriginal people were unfamiliar with and had no resistance to, or cure for. “By the 16th century about 80% of Canada's Native population had died from the various diseases (Renneboog, 5).” The Europeans also came to Canada with the intentions of taking all of the land for themselves

Canadian government in regard to First Nations People was to assimilate them into European culture and erase their culture from the country. Separation and education of young First Nations children was the major means to achieve their objective. With substantial involvement from the Christian churches, the residential school system was created and schools were built throughout the entire country. The Kamloops Indian Residential School was attended by students from the nations surrounding Kamloops including

First Nations Health Authority is a non-governmental organization responsible for planning, designing, managing, and providing health benefits programs and services to eligible First Nations people in BC. These non-insured health benefits (NIHB) include medical transportation, dental, medical supplies and equipment, pharmacy and prescription drugs, crisis counselling, and vision care. These programs and services were previously offered to all eligible First Nations residents in BC by Health Canada

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

to be very strong supporters of their culture, and heritage and take very high importance towards it. They are very traditional people, and have been looking up to their Ancestral ways for centuries. The treaty relationship between Canada and First Nations has caused a rift and a divide amongst each other for many reasons. Although there has been so much history and tension amidst the two, there is always room for improvement. A lot of things can be done to strive towards a positive relationship

When reviewing the relevance of the article entitled “Diabetes in pregnancy among First Nations women” (Mayan, Oster, & Toth, 2014), it was discovered that important aspects of the study process such as its purpose, research questions, and significance were made very clear to the reader. The purpose of the study was to bring a greater understanding to why diabetes rates among First Nations women were higher than that of non-indigenous women and with that, find more suitable options of prevention

First Nations Housing Aboriginal people are the fastest growing population in Canada (Nations, 2014) with more than half the population under the age of 25, and as a result there is a housing shortage. Housing on reserve is often overcrowded resulting in unhealthy conditions. It is estimated that there is a shortage of 20000 – 35000 units with the shortfall growing by 2200 units with each year. (Joseph, 2012) The demand for housing is increasing more and more with each year. Other barriers include

Not many people are aware of how residential schools have affected First Nations people in Canada. These Christian boarding schools, which were government-sponsored and aimed at assimilating Indigenous children, have deeply impacted the native population; and descendants of residential school survivors share the same burdens as their ancestors, even though they didn’t attend the schools themselves. Because of residential schools, domestic abuse and violence is more frequent within families, many

there has been victimization against First Nations people by the Canadian government. There are three problems that will be addressed, First off, the government has been taking away and in some cases polluting the First Nations land (Lukacs, M, 2015). Secondly, to this day the Canadian government pays less attention to missing aboriginal women. (Still thinking about the second point) Finally, in the past, there has been serious discrimination toward the First Nations people from residential schools (News

treat First Nations people terribly, Canadians turn the environment into a vast wasteland and Canada has a horrible economic performance. Firstly, Canadians have treated the First Nations people unfairly. This is evident in the fact that Canadian citizens would take children in First Nations tribes and put them in residential schools where they would be assimilated even though that’s recently cancelled now Canadian still don’t give the First Nations peoples a lot of rights and stick the First Nations