For the present population to simply say it is not their problem to fix because they were not the settling community who perpetrated these crimes upon the aboriginal nation is unacceptable and a mirror reflection of the superiority settlers used to justify their actions when they first arrived. Upon settling and deciding to eradicate any part of the aboriginal population that stood in their way, the settlers used the nation’s lack of Christian faith, as well as lack of European principles as justification for their actions. The settlers knew how to prepare land for farming, and knew how to attend church, which made them better than the godless heathens they painted the aboriginals to be. Similarly, today’s non-aboriginal Canadian’s state they would never treat the aboriginal community in such a way, making them better than their settling ancestors would.
