There is no question that the issues of First Nations weren't a direct result of the injustices that the Canadian government imposed on First Nations by implementing residential schools in an effort to eliminate their culture. In the eyes of the government, they weren't seen as equals and had no say in decisions often the result of misunderstanding the agreements that were signed. First Nation children were taken from their family homes and put into residential schools with the motivation to take the “Indian” out of them to assimilate them into the rest of society. Not only were First Nation children not allowed to speak their language, but they endured many years of sexual, physical and psychological abuse. They were made to believe the culture
