country centuries ago. These people were able to create a social, economic and justice system for themselves. Unfortunately, when the European settlers arrived they lost a good portion of their comfortable lifestyle and were sent to reserves. The aboriginals have since lived in those reserves. The community has also faced a great deal of discrimination whether that be through the economic, social or justice system in Canada. The First Nations, have also been discriminated against politically;…
in the Canadian criminal justice system. The legacies of racism and colonial injustice permeate Canadian institutions that perpetuate the disproportionate representation of Indigenous peoples in prison. In this paper, I will examine what Indigenous incarceration looks like in Canada and the negative impacts state control over Indigenous peoples is highly problematic, particularly due to systemic racism and overrepresentation in prisons and are legacies of colonialism and residential schools. I…
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 schools…
Indian Residential School is a system that was placed among Aboriginal people by Canadian so that they can adapt to the European culture. The point of such a tutoring framework was to constrain native individuals into a pilgrim society. This was accomplished by wiping out their past ethnic and social affiliations and exchanging them with Europeans ones. Driven by evangelists energies trusted it was vital for natives’ Indian children to assimilate into the western tradition. If not parents tend…
Throughout the novel hockey is used as an example of the disadvantages natives faced living in Canadian society. It is evident that natives were at a disadvantage before they even touched the ice and likewise in their everyday lives in the pursuit of obtaining jobs, education and even basic human rights. Wagamese used hockey consistently throughout the novel to shed light on these set backs. Indian horse describes the life of a native boy named Saul and his experiences as a professional native…
Aboriginal Youth, the Criminal Justice System, and the Evolution into a Better Canada In a country where our education, laws, and 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…
The Canadian Residential School System was brought into existence in the late 19th century in a final attempt ‘to get rid of the Indian problem”. In partner with various church organizations and groups, the federal government funded the institutions. The intent of the residential schooling system was to civilize the “savages” and to make them useful and law abiding members of society with strict rules and punishments for any misdeeds (Coliness 2009). Since children were more susceptible to…
The idea of residential school was founded by Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1879. The purpose of this type of schooling is to assimilate the aboriginal people into western culture by removing all of their culture and ethnic association away from them. Also they thought that this assimilation would make it easier to take property away from the aboriginals. In the nineteenth century, Canada had adopted this policy of assimilation of all aboriginals into western…
them and to transform them into civilized individuals, completely negating their cultural influence on them . Residential schools were the product of the hidden cultural bias of the Western educational system, and this bias was exposed when approximately 100,000 Indigenous children in Canada, from 1860 to 1996 were forcefully separated from their families and placed in residential schools. Additionally, children were not allowed to speak…
The purpose of residential schools was to assimilate Aboriginal children into mainstream Canadian society and isolate them from their families, culture, and traditions. The Children that attended these residential schools either witnessed or were personally, physically, emotionally and sexually abused. The hardships and trauma that they faced after they left the residential school system is known as residential school syndrome. Some of the everyday challenges that they face include post…