Indigenous people
proper rights
still don't have clean drinking water
still have not fully reclaimed all of their land
Indian act
not able to hold cultural dances and of sessions
was removed from Indian act
able to vote in 1960
would be stripped of Indian status
indigenous people awarded proper rights in 1982
Important peoples
Gabriel Dumont
cared for metis women and children while in hiding
led a metis army during northwest resitance
amazing marksman in combat
Chief Tecumseh
reclaimed indigenous land
fought for land
died trying
signed treaties for land
formed a confederacy against white settlement
died in battle of thames
ended his confederation
Louis Riel
metis leader
led the red river resistance
stopped scouts from entering their land
one of the founders of original Manitoba
led resistance movements against government of Canada
against John A McDonald
against government of Canada
residential schools
intergenerational trauma
trauma passed down decades of ancestors
overcrowding
too many children
not enough recourses
food
clothes
malnourished
children would be very skinny and under fed
hunger
children fighting for food
stealing would be constant
too many children to feed
improper healthcare
could not treat wounds properly
lead to infection
major sickness
disease spread
not allowed to embrace culture
forgot their religion
were put on the Christian path
taken from their familes
returned when 16-17
beaten and abused
countless deaths
graves of indigenous children
Land acknowledgement
created to recognize all indigenous groups
can be in many forms
creating a day for indigenous people
removing the name of people who hurt indigenous people from school names, community places and other person named places
differently worded land acknowledgement
sang and showed all over Canada
created for indigenous advocacy
Treaties
Not properly acknowledged
indigenous people were exploited
Europeans normally disobeyed treaties
exposed and action was taken in future
reconciled in the future
European treaties made on paper
based on documents and legal system
unfair
indigenous treaties made with wampum belts
could be exploited
were based on loyalty system
European settlers
settled in indigenous territory
destroyed there homes
kicked them out of there land
came to Canada to trade and claim land
stole land
killed indigenous people over land
false treaties
traded fur, shells, necklace's and weapons with indigenous people
Sent by France and Britain
scouts
attacked on many occasions
sent to measure land
Fought each other for Canadian and American land
7 years war
a lot of indigenous people killed
thousands of casulties
war of 1812
no one won
forced indigenous people to fight
