While there are ample possible solutions to help address the problem at hand, the best of the three aforementioned policies is the expenditure-based approach. This approach would be most beneficial to the government and the First Nations population because it gives the First Nations the finances needed to improve the conditions they are currently experiencing. Moreover, these finances can be another step at attempting to compensate for the treatment that was historically experienced by Canadian Aboriginals
deal to repair the injustices inflicted on the First Nations people of Canada, legislation is no where near where it needs to be to ensure future protection of aboriginal rights in the nation. An examination of the documents that comprise the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms reveal that there is very little in the supreme legal documents of the nation that protect aboriginal rights. When compared with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Assembly of First Nations The Assembly of First Nations, also known as the AFN, is the only national advocacy organization in Canada that represents over 900 000 people living in 643 First Nations communities across the country. They are authorized to make changes in the criminal justice system to help with the needs of First Nation peoples. The aim of this organization is to protect and advance the aboriginal and treaty rights and interests of First Nations in Canada, that’s including health
the last 150 - 200 years is that First Nations people are not in control of their own destiny. It’s this crushing Paternalism from the federal government telling First Nations peoples what to do.” Hayden King, Political Science Lecturer, McMaster University. Source: CBC news: Sunday, debate with Jonathan Kay of the National Post Conservative ideologies, at
This paper will attempt to illustrate the relationship between museums and First Nations peoples in regards to the issue of repatriation. Using the example of the Haida Gwaii First Nations and their successful and on-going campaign towards repatriation within Canada, this paper will address the discussions and perspectives of both the anthropologists (archaeologists) and First Nations people in the academic and non-academic fields. The division of views on the issue of repatriation are loosely categorised
affecting our country has been the treatment of our First Nations people. For the purpose of this paper, the focus will be on the safe water crisis facing Canada’s First Nations communities. The Oxford Dictionary (2016) defines a crisis as a time of great difficulty or danger. The research included will help clarify the reality of the Canada’s First Nations safe water crisis. Despite some improvements over the past few decades, many of our First Nation citizens still lack access to safe and clean water
Oppression and Colonization Degrading the Position of First Nations Women in Canada Today, we think that Canada could not possibly be still harboring some of the negative ramifications of colonization. In our color-blind state, many of us assume that all is right with the world, and that the wrongs of colonization have already been righted. However, this couldn't be further from the truth, especially for the women of the First Nations. These indigenous women have suffered sexual exploitation and
The government began signing the treaties with the First Nations post-Royal Proclamation of 1763. The numbered treaties, however, came into play around the 1870s, after the buffalo population declined drastically and many bands were depopulated because of disease. During 1871-77, seven treaties were signed and four more were signed between 1899 and 1921. The treaties were negotiated orally, but when they were being documented by government negotiators many oral promises were missed. Basically, the
Relationship between the Europeans and the First Nations People Since the year 1608, when Samuel de Champlain made the first colony in present day Quebec City, the lives of the Aboriginal people have been forever changed both positively and negatively. In this period of time the two cultures had to quickly learn how to cohabitate the land. The relationship between the two nations was very important for the French because they had to rely on the First Nations peoples’ knowledge to survive the vastly
First Nations Health and Wellbeing: Government Enacted Health Equity Programming Health care is a major focus of both the federal and provincial Canadian governments. Policies and programs are created, revised, and implemented in order to improve the overall health and wellbeing of Canadian citizens. Canada’s publically funded health care system offers access to quality health care services and treatment to most citizens. However, extensive research demonstrates that despite government attempts