Settlers in Canada have had an enormous effect on First Nations Peoples even before 1867 with the passing of the British North America Act and the creation of Canada as a country. The Gradual Civilization Act and the Gradual Enfranchisement Act were both created before the founding of Canada looking for a way to regain land from First Nations Peoples and assimilate them. Following the Gradual Civilization and Gradual Enfranchisement Acts, the Canadian Government enacted the Indian Act in 1876, and as John A. Macdonald said in 1887, the goal was to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other inhabitants of the Dominion as speedily as they are fit to change. The Canadian Government used the Indian
