What Is Colonization Affect Indigenous Americans?

I am not so sure if my family was affected by any historic events but I feel it is really important to learn historical contexts so you are aware of what's happening all around the world. It is also important to learn historical context because it doesn't matter if it happened 100 years, it still happens to us and our people. And so the past is never repeated. Colonization is the process of taking control over the indigenous people in an area. In order to colonize the Indian act has formed. This act impacted and the residential schools impacted the first nations and continue to affect them today too. This act has made the first nation people now live without love and has also unable them to love. Including this, this is also a reason a lot of first nation …show more content…
A land is a very precious and expensive thing. Indigenous people now live in their land, but Nunavut we were told that only 16% of the land is in control of Indigenous Peoples, the other 84% of the land is in control of the government. I learned that the Indigenous Peoples never had many land rights and still don't have many land rights. Secondly, to address the needs of First Nations communities for lands, the government can take the land they have and turn it into something useful for the First Nations communities, such as community centres and more. Finally, the next episode of the 8th fire should be an important one because of its title “At the Crossroads.” A crossroad means a point where a choice must be made. I feel this episode will look at the difficult choices the first nation people might have had to make. Choices about their lives, choices which might change their lives. Ultimately, Indigenous people don't have many good worldviews regarding land, things need to done to address this land issue, and the next episode of the 8th fire should be a very important