First Nations

As indigenous people and communities are diverse, there is no consensus on naming, aside from the fact that most people prefer to be referred to by their specific nation or tribe. Objections to the usage of "Indian" and "American Indian" include the fact that "Indian" arose from a historical error, and thus does not accurately reflect the derivation of the people to whom it refers; and many Native Americans feel that…

Intro – genesis of the project. In the last few years, I’ve been investigating the nature and function of non-Indigenous music in Indigenous films. That research began from some simple assumptions. First, that every production opportunity is weighed down by what Kobena Mercer describes as the “burden of representation” (in this one shot, you must represent all). Second, taking assumption 1 to be true, films made under these conditions will tend to necessarily put the identity politics of the…

of residential school discrimination and abuse is gradually being revealed. In the documentary, Muffins for Granny, Nadia McLaren offers a raw perspective of the practices and repercussions of residential schools through interviews with seven First Nations elders. Their honest face-to-face accounts are paired with stark animated moments and home movie footage to illustrate this difficult chapter in Indigenous and Canadian history that, for many, is not over (McLaren, 2006). Through the strength…

of native activists to a greater awareness by the public of the damage that the schools caused. - The first residential schools were established in the 1840s and the last residential school closed in 1996 - Their main objective was to convert Indigenous children to Christianity and to "civilize them" - In 1857, the Gradual Civilization Act was passed this was aimed at assimilating First Nations people. - In 1884 school attendance became mandatory by law for Indians less than 16 years of age.…

A revolutionary work discussing the public history of Canada in the Great War, Nic Clarke’s Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force seeks to popularize stories discounted in Canadian memory. Examining rejected recruits, the text exposes the apparent flaws in the enlistment system that left over 3,000 potential soldiers at home. Denying to their will to serve at Valcartier, the text argues that the regulations of the enlistment process were arbitrary and…

difference” Quoted by unknown.As a global citizen knowing that aboriginals got shuned to live in a place that they must “home” made me supriesed.Aboriginal play an important role towards the discovery of Canada and have helped develop Canada into a united nation, as it is today.To find out as a candian that we offer hatred and discrimination as a gratitatude to building Canada makes me ashmaed to be a canadian.Although, I am not assuming all candians are biast towards aborignal ethinicity but…

Residential Schools in Canada and the authors of the article are David B. MacDonald and Graham Hudson. The main point of this article is to question whether residential schools were a form of genocide towards Indigenous peoples of Canada. The United Nations Genocide Committee’s is used to interpret claims of genocide. This article looks at the different interpretations of the term genocide. The article then takes those different interpretations, and applies them to the residential school…

excluded applicants who were not originally European. In 1976, new laws removed ethnic’s criteria, and Canada became a destination for immigrants from a wide variety of countries, which stays the same today. As being among the world’s most generous nations for immigrants Canada has the highest admission rates. Immigration policy in Canada is formed around three main categories: Economic which is based on a point system that rewards applicants on level of education, job experience, and language…

Thousands of First Nations people were forced to go to residential schools, thousands had their lives ruined by the years of physical, emotional and even sexual abuse. These people had their culture stripped away from them, and they were thrown out into the world without a clue about how to survive in it. The traumatic events that occurred at the residential schools gave countless victims PTSD leaving them to resort to substance abuse to smother their pain and causing many to die alone with no…

Magnificent, courageous, passionate, diligent, gallant, heroic are all words that define Louis Riel, and his outstanding actions that have made a very positive impact to Canada's history and the proud Métis nation! Louis Riel was a very important person that accomplished so many groundbreaking achievements in a peaceful, respectful way. There are many reasons that prove evidently that Louis Riel was a hero, some of his achievements included him and the Métis becoming the foundation to the…