Aboriginal peoples in Canada

many winter evenings. A work of art. "What a beauty," the RCMP officer said in 1941 when he saw it. He shouted as he sliced back through the wake, "What a beauty! What a beauty!” (Kogawa 25). In this sense, readers truly see a symbol of how Canada viewed people of different cultures than what had been dominant in the nation, contrary to its perception outside its borders, as these fleets would ultimately symbolize the pain the Nakane and Kato families deal with. This also occurs in other scenes…

do. His initial goal was to study them in their natural habitat and use them in his paintings as a way to commemorate their culture and glorify them after their extinction, not compare them to his western ideals. Immediately upon arriving back in Canada he sets up an exhibit to exploit the natives and elevate his career for his own financial gain. He does this for his own glory, using a damaged culture to greater facilitative his…

Canada has not always been the prime example of a human rights haven. From roughly 1884 to as late as 1996, the Canadian government operated so called “Indian Residential Schools”. In all, 150,000 native Canadian children belonging to various tribes were forcibly removed from their homes and taken to various residential schools across Canada in a savage attempt to assimilate them into Canadian society. The planned agenda was to teach them values of the Christian faith, and teach them how to…

Residential schooling was an act of cultural genocide because people were not murdered, but the Indigenous culture was. Children who were forced to attend residential schools had their tongues stabbed if they spoke their native language. A residential school survivor says. “ I remember getting my tongue pulled out and pinched if I spoke my native tongue”. This was an act of cultural genocide because children were punished for speaking their native language, consequently, it was gradually removed…

Christianized the aborigines and assimilate them into mainstream society. The government believed that their responsibility educated the aboriginal children for adopting white lifestyles. They compulsorily disunite the children from their indigenous families and sent them into residential schools. The Schools made many dehumanized actions towards aboriginal people that acts were extremely painful to many of the Canadian First Nations. The inhumane treatment demonstrated in the CBC news, “For…

of our main plans in the residential schools is to bring in any aboriginal child and convert them to Christianity. We did not want them to learn about any other faith or culture. We believe Christianity is the most important religion. To prevent any reproduction, we would make sure the students are medically sterilized prior to entering. The reason why students are sterilized is simply because they are either abnormal or aboriginal. We would like to enhance the human population. Many principles…

Residential schools established after the 1880s. Christian churches and Canadian government originally conceived the residential schools. In all residential schools, everything was structured, and children had to follow all rules without regret. We watched a few videos, and the survivor that we chose to research about is Luille Mattess who attended Legac Residential School when she was six years old. We chose Luille because we both thought that she was the one who was telling the story with…

In 1831, the Government of Canada made it a practice to remove Aboriginal children from their culture and families in order to assimilate them into the dominant Canadian culture. Many of their fundamental freedoms were lost including the right to life, liberty, and security of person, the protection from discrimination, and the right of religion. This historical event is impossible to forget, which causes the bad ties between the First Nations and dominant Canada to remain after the last…

was aimed at assimilating First Nations people. - In 1884 school attendance became mandatory by law for Indians less than 16 years of age. - Students were forced to live on school premises. - When the government changed the Indian Act in the 1940s, some of the Indian bands, along with national native organizations wanted residential schools to stay open. - In 1998, the government made a Statement of Reconciliation this including an apology to those people who were raped and physically abused…

The media narrative, “To be Indian in Canada today…” written by Richard Wagamese discusses the struggles that the Indian community faces in Canada today. The author evaluates the position of Indians in Canada as the federal court decides to identify Métis and non-status Indians as “Indians” under the Constitution Act. In the media narrative, Wagamese examines the hardships that children and women face as Indians (Wagamese 2013). The author also uses specific words and phrases that connect to the…