First Nations

that the regulation of native identity is one of the major obstacles Inginenous people have to deal with. It not only impedes their ability to do things economically and in other various areas, but it makes me question if the government even saw First Nations as humans. This is simply a trait of dehumanization. Rights have been taken away and it is not fair to those who were present in 1951 to those living today. However,in this chapter it was stated that, “marrying an Indian from another…

Trading at organized trading posts took quite some time to become popular in the Inuit culture. There may be several reasons for this, primarily, European trading groups had a little initial interest in trading with the Inuit people due to the harsh Arctic conditions. From the Inuit perspective, there was also little incentive to establish trading relationships until such time as European trade items could become steadily available. It would have been counterproductive to interrupt the…

150 years ago many things have changed since its beginnings. Where there were fishers in the east and small farms in Upper and Lower Canada, much of the west was at that time undeveloped. Only 60 years ago it was still possible to find nomadic first nations peoples in the arctic living their traditional lives. Religious and governmental assimilation of the natives was government policy until the end of the 20th…

Colonialism, dating from the 17th century to the 20th, accounts for many bitter, demoralizing legacies, one of the most prevalent being education; the Indian Residential School System. The system was created for the purpose of removing children from the influence of their own culture and assimilating them into the dominant Canadian culture, taking away their unique practices. Children in the Residential School System were instructed in an institutional, European approach. This differs from the…

The Aboriginal Crisis: This is not a party problem; this is a Canadian problem Lack of health care, widespread poverty, employment barriers, high suicide rates, drug abuse, segregation, and lack of drinkable water. These are conditions commonly used to describe developing countries, yet they describe a majority of Canada’s Aboriginal reserves. For a country who have cities on several, notable “Most Livable” lists, these conditions seem foreign. Varying political parties have tried to blame…

The legacy of residential school has enabled and limited an entire generation of Indigenous people from being able to effectively pass down information that is integral to their culture. Due to this fact, it has become imperative that other forums of information sharing are developed, in order to support and share what information is left of indigenous culture. However, at the same time, this new forum that is developed must show full respect for Indigenous culture and tradition, while properly…

overall societal structures are based on a colonial perspective, Harold Johnson offers an Aboriginal outlook on how First Nations people have lived and struggled under a colonialist Canada. In his book Two Families: Treaties and Government, Johnson examines several issues faced by Aboriginal people today and how a colonial system still contributes to the despair of many First Nations people in Canada. One of those issues Johnson discusses is the negative implications for many Aboriginal youth.…

The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan If one is to follow to Ottawa River from midtown Ottawa through the Ottawa Valley and into Renfrew county, one would discover the great history of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. Nestled in the small community of Golden Lake, located approximately two and a half hours west from Ottawa. This small community has a population of roughly 450 people with 90% classifying themselves as aboriginal(city data). There is archaeological evidence indicating…

on through the generation and is still being passed on. There are many homeless Aboriginal people on the street who are facing alcohol and suicide problems in their families. There were 69 Residential schools built in Canada in 1840 in Alberta, The first…

book or an entertainment piece, it draws the reader into the life and culture of those whose stories it shares. By providing the reader with exquisite art to accompany the stories, Campbell is able to give the reader as full of an experience of First Nations and Metis culture that a book can allow. She is able to represent the storytellers in her book with dignity and power because she uses the stories of elders of the Metis tribes. The combination of the pictures and the fair portrayal of…