The Aboriginal community is a distinct group of individuals who are known as one of Canada’s founding families. The First Nations were an independent tribe who relied only on themselves for survival. They had their own ways of teaching and this was done through organic education. This taught them the skills needed in order to survive, but it also taught them the value and importance of their own culture (Ravelli & Webber, 2013: pg. 237). The First Nations were living a life of peace and in solidarity, however, this all ended in 1876 when Treaty 6 was signed by the Canadian Government to enforce Residential schools towards First Nations children. Residential schools were created in order to assimilate the First Nations into the mainstream Canadian
