First Nations

institution where many First Nations children died due to diseases. The following two documents are both concerned with the residential schools. The first document is a report written by Dr. Bryce, where he summarizes various findings of residential schools and also offers suggestions to the Canadian government. The second document is the government’s, more specifically Duncan Campbell Scott’s, reaction to the prior report. After being asked to inspect thirty-five First Nations schools, Dr.…

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…

institutions were invented with the idea of killing the Indian in the child and assimilating the first nation people of Canada into caucasian society. The schools were implementing religion and the white man's ways into their lives and aid them become like the rest of society in the eyes of the government. What no would foresee would be the deaths of children, the abuse the starvation and much more of the first nation people who had done nothing but been here before the Europeans arrived. The…

viewers but Canada is turning into a very diverse country and everyone is given equal opportunities if they strive for them. Long ago Aboriginals were given parcels of land called reserves for them specifically to live on. Under today’s government, first nation people are welcome to live wherever they choose. Though they don’t feel that way… Aboriginals often state that Reserves are not built on good land and that they don’t have many opportunities, as they are isolated from large cities. At…

HISTORY OF FIRST NATION UNIVERSITY In May 1976, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations went into a league concurrence with the University of Regina, to set up the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC). The Agreement accommodated an autonomously regulated college school, the mission of which is to serve the scholarly, social and profound needs of First Nations' students. On June 21, 2003, the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC) formally changed its name to the First Nations…

my paper is First Nation’s residential schools. How can we all be involved in reconciliation? Why is it important for all Canadians to have a role in reconciliation? I will first describe the residential schools and what happened, then move on to see the aftermath of these residential schools in a variety of settings and to conclude, I will talk about how we can all be a part of reconciliation and why is it important for all Canadians to have a role. My thesis is that First Nations residential…

party’s intention behind treaty-making. While Indigenous peoples saw treaties as covenants, negotiated between two nations to extend and strengthen their kinship bonds, Dr. Miller contends the Canadian government simply saw the Numbered Treaties as contracts for acquiring territory. The first incarnation of treaties Dr. Miller described were commercial compacts. Dating back to first contact, these were necessary for the survival of early Europeans. The treaties relied on ceremonies such as pipe…

Canada’s First Nations People Similarities and Differences By: Zoe Gardner Did you know Canada’s first nations people may have arrived in Canada at least 18,000 to 20,000 years ago? There were hundreds of tribes scattered all across Canada, all different with some similarities. The focus of this essay is to compare and contrast three different first nations peoples, the Inuit of the Canadian arctic, the Haida of the Canadian Pacific coast, and the Iroquois of the Great Lakes…

Nuu-chah-nulth people are a group of First Nations. Firstly, they live on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and are divided into 14 Nations. The 14 Nations are then divided into 3 regions: Southern Region, Central Region, and Northern Region. The Ditidaht Nation, Huu-ay-aht Nation, Hupacasath Nation, Tse-shaht Nation, and Uchucklesaht Nation belong to the Southern Region. The Ahousaht Nation, Hesquiaht Nation, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, Toquaht Nation, and Yuu-cluth-aht Nation belong to the Central…

people to know about what exactly happen at the time. For instance, children that are growing up in this generation are clueless about the story of residential school. They are not being given enough education regarding the overall history of how First Nations people came to be in this country. Cultural trauma fits the definition of Residential Schools because of the long term impact and marks that are left on children that attended the Residential school. Children who attended the Residential…