Examples Of Cultural Assimilation

When immigrants and/or indigenous people adopt a different culture due to political relevance or to its perceived dominance, cultural assimilation, is one of the cultural challenges that arise due to globalization. Linda Bull, a Cree form Goodfish Lake First Nation who is completing doctoral work in international education, said as governments pursue economic goals, separating Indigenous people from land, resources and political power becomes necessary. These forces, she said, become a form of cultural genocide as Aboriginal people lose their language and become ignorant of their own culture.