Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation

campaign, and she was willing to use the Indigenous population of Otter Lake as a pawn to do so. However, regardless of the government’s distasteful intentions, Maggie was able to purchase every last acre of said land. All things considered, it becomes a fact that Aboriginal chiefs have various unnecessary difficulties when making, even the simplest of, transactions, yet on occasion they are able to impose their sovereignty. On a similar note, in 1976, Manitoba Hydro started constructing a dam on Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation…

story. To start, Niska tells stories of growing up in the bush. She gives accounts of family life; her father was a prominent “hookimaw (44)”, or leader, and “the last great talker in the clan (34)”, and her mother knew and taught her the ‘magic deep in the bush (90).’ The clan lived off the land, relying on hunting and community for survival. These accounts set the foundation for both Niska and Xavier’s cultural background. Stories of Niska’s young clan life give the reader a sense of how…

demanded that indigenous children adopt Anglophone culture and language. During their time at the Roman Catholic residential school, they are forced to change their name to Jeremiah and Gabriel. This is the first evidence of this type of loss of identity is based on the use of an English-speaking name that is given to Champion by a priest: “Champion-Jeremiah—he was willing to concede that much of a name change, for now” (Highway 58). In this manner, the Anglophone assimilation has already begun,…

Theresa Spence is the chief of one First Nation that named Attawapiskat and located in the north part of Ontario province, in Canada. She is famous because of a public activity, such as participation in Idle No More and other companies related with Aboriginal people issues. This research will be about a hunger strike that Theresa Spence started on December 11, 2012 as a result of a breach of duty on the part of the federal government in relation to First Nation people. She required a meeting…

The Cree is one of the largest of the largest groups in North America, with over 200,000 members and counting. Canada has over 135 registered bands. Intertribal marriage is to be blamed for such a large population. The language they speak is known as Algonquian, a subfamily of Native American languages. The Cree are tied together through their culture and that is of great significance to them and has survived through many years and hardships. At a time, the Cree were also found in the United…

Ever since he was a child, Milo Thatch believed in Atlantis. He dedicates his life to the study and discovery of it, no matter who tells him it’s just a legend. When presented the Shepard’s Journal: a book of Atlantean history, language, and culture, Milo is ecstatic. The man who gives it to him, Preston Whitmore, says the book is gibberish and is most likely worthless. Milo responds with, “I've spent my whole life studying dead languages. It's not gibberish to me. If this were a fake, I…

know. In addition, I felt personally insulted because instead of approaching me face to face, she gossiped behind my back. In a way, it was similar compared to the short story, how I was quite furious just how Mary, a parent of one of the Indigenous children, felt as the two white workers were giggled from a far pointing in the direction of the children. On the other hand, it was different because I did not confront Patricia, like how Mary did confront the white workers, which solved the…

schools created at those locations. This IRS was operated by the Church Missionary in Ninety ninety-four, after that in Nineteen twenty-three was run by the Anglican Church knows as (MSCC). In 1952 Government buys land and buildings from MSCC. Ninety sixty-eight School structures swung over to Kee Wee Tin Nok Association for the native group to take over. In 1969 Ottawa changes the name or entitlement of the school land to Province of Alberta on condition to keeps on being utilized for…

As empires made their way into these countries they also made it into the lives of the people. As mentioned above, empires are not homogenous like nationalism, they are heterogeneous being that empires can span over large areas where there are different cultures. Indigenous people are adopted into the nation’s culture and in many cases cause problems with ethnic Europeans being that these Africans, who were considered lesser human beings by many nationalist Europeans, were being integrated and…

ethnic pride has the possibility to spark the light of insurgency if the government is being unfair towards its people. Also, to maintain ethnic superiority a possibility harshness exists as well. Race: The purpose of race and ethnicity is different. Race is an identity of an individual. Besides, race can be based solely upon how people distinguish individuals depending on physical characteristics. Such as, races are assumed to be distinguished by skin color, facial type, etc. Furthermore,…