Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Fault Line Aljun Lagria 11117601 5 Pages Sept 19‚ 2014 The term aboriginal is used to classify the first inhabitants to occupy the landmass of what is called Canada today. The different indigenous groups classified as aboriginal of Canada lived a harmonious life‚ relying on the land and what it had to offer to suffice their daily need. Thousands of year later‚ Europeans of English and
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Aboriginal people are the first settlers of Canada‚ including the first nations‚ Inuit‚ and Métis. Upon the arrival of the European settlers of Canada who came with their own civilization‚ the aboriginal people were considered ignorant and uneducated. These European settlers wanted to increase literacy at the same time making their culture dominant over the aboriginal people leading to the funding for the residential schools. This is where the aboriginal children were taken for education. This became
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Did technology hasten marginalization of Aboriginals in Canada? In studying the early history of relations between the Aboriginal people of the country that is now called Canada‚ and the European newcomers from first contact to present day‚ it appears that more of the truth from the past is being revealed even now. Aboriginal philosophy and technology was vastly different and considered primitive to most newcomers but also was seen as brilliant to those newcomers that were able to understand
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In 2011‚ approxiamently 4.3% of the Canadian population was Aboriginal. In 1931‚ when the largest amount of residential schools were in place‚ there were about 80 residential schools operating in Canada. The first residential school was established in 1840 by the Canadian government. These schools treated the First Nation people poorly and didn’t allow them to see their family. Imagine yourself in the Aboriginals place‚ being stuck in a school and potentially physically and mentally abused by the
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Aboriginals have inhabited the region of "Canada" as far back as historical records exist. From the first contact‚ Europeans have had a negative impact on Aboriginals. Disease and loss of land contributed to the rapidly declining number of Native peoples prior to the development of Canada. As opposed to the French influence‚ the English colonial culture was especially destructive. Aboriginals achieved some benefits by allying with the French. During New France times‚ the French lived among the Aboriginals
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Fire in 1788: The Closet Ally by Bill Gammage This chapter is solely based on how the aboriginals controlled and conducted their fires‚ Bill Gammage begins to ask his reader how the native aboriginals survived big bush fires in 1788 and states that they had “prevented bush fires by arranging Australia’s vegetation with fire” therefore they had made fire their “ally “ and learned how to shape the land for their benefit without harming the earth as one elder said in his chapter that ”if you do not
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The state of health and health care for Canadian Aboriginal people is currently not improving‚ “Canadian Aboriginals tend to bear a disproportionate burden of illness; an outcome linked to their economic and social conditions [and] oppression” (Newbold 1998). European contact would forever change the course of life for the Aboriginals and their communities in Canada. It was only after the encounter between the old world and new world that two completely separate ecosystems had interaction between
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The statement‚ “Canada has not yet come to terms with its Aboriginal Heritage.” (pg. 352 Newhouse and Belanger) means‚ the Canadian society has ignored the importance Aboriginal people had in the formation of Canada‚ and it also means that Canada has not come to terms with its mistreatment of Aboriginal peoples. In this essay I will argue that Canada must learn about Aboriginal peoples history‚ identity‚ and treaties in order to build a strong relationship for the future‚ by the implementation of
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different way of seeing the world‚ and this influences their ideas and choices. It is essential for everyone to be aware and respectful of these differences‚ because understanding these world views can help us be more empathetic and kind to others. The Aboriginal Ways of Knowing are a common world view held by many
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“Back to the Dreamtime” wrote by H. Q. Mitchell showed that a teenage Aboriginal boy‚ Richard‚ who was a boy raised in white Australian society‚ however he never forget to claim himself as an Aboriginal. Therefore‚ he never gives up to finds his father’s burial ground. Richard‚ his brother and his best friend on a journey of self-discovery‚ mystery and adventure through the Australian outback. In this novel “Back to the Dreamtime”‚ We can see the are many moral values that we can make it as motivation
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