INTRODUCTION
The First Nation people underwent lots of changes during the pre-contact to the fur-trading period and then again in the settlement period. The Prairies region in the western Canada consists of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The First Nation people who lived there consist of Kwakwaka’wakw, Tsimshian, Haida, Cree, Athapascans, Blackfoot, Metis etc. During the pre-contact period the lifestyles of the First Nations peoples underwent many changes such as adjusting to the harsh environment, maintaining their society status with significant wealth, development of cultural complexity and emerging with the European contact. Later during the fur-trading period, the relation between Aboriginals and Europeans were determined by the conflict between labour and capital, belief system, organizational structure and gender issues faced by them. During the settlement period, the First Nations people brought peace and stability by adapting to the Indian Act, which was first passed in 1876. This period also brought various challenges such as women’s struggle for equality, unsettled land and property rights and government policies.
1500 PRE-CONTACT PERIOD
During the pre-contact period the First Nation people used language family to communicate which consists of different …show more content…
This Act generated for special Indian status for aboriginal people to help civilize cultural assimilation. This Act took control and maintenance of Indian lands and property. The Indian Act of 1876 stated that the land of the First Nations people belonged to the Crown who could administer the land and property rights on behalf of them. This act manages the lives of the First Nation people. This act made restriction on situations such as how their property would be managed with after death and how their children would be educated. This Act took away the self-government powers of the Aboriginal
The First Nation people underwent lots of changes during the pre-contact to the fur-trading period and then again in the settlement period. The Prairies region in the western Canada consists of the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The First Nation people who lived there consist of Kwakwaka’wakw, Tsimshian, Haida, Cree, Athapascans, Blackfoot, Metis etc. During the pre-contact period the lifestyles of the First Nations peoples underwent many changes such as adjusting to the harsh environment, maintaining their society status with significant wealth, development of cultural complexity and emerging with the European contact. Later during the fur-trading period, the relation between Aboriginals and Europeans were determined by the conflict between labour and capital, belief system, organizational structure and gender issues faced by them. During the settlement period, the First Nations people brought peace and stability by adapting to the Indian Act, which was first passed in 1876. This period also brought various challenges such as women’s struggle for equality, unsettled land and property rights and government policies.
1500 PRE-CONTACT PERIOD
During the pre-contact period the First Nation people used language family to communicate which consists of different …show more content…
This Act generated for special Indian status for aboriginal people to help civilize cultural assimilation. This Act took control and maintenance of Indian lands and property. The Indian Act of 1876 stated that the land of the First Nations people belonged to the Crown who could administer the land and property rights on behalf of them. This act manages the lives of the First Nation people. This act made restriction on situations such as how their property would be managed with after death and how their children would be educated. This Act took away the self-government powers of the Aboriginal