self-government. In 1996‚ the Nisga’a gained a portion of their former land‚ some of the profit from salmon fisheries‚ their own municipal government and police‚ and a $196 million reimbursement from the government. Another example of land claims is when the Inuit were given control of Nunavut. While these were considered to be great successes in the progress of Aboriginal land claims‚ there are still some issues with it. For the Nisga’a in particular‚ they only got a small fraction of the land that they used
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A study shows that “Aboriginal youth are at a significant risk of becoming involved in substance abuse. Studies have shown that youth of First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit descent are of the highest abusers of illicit drug use in Canada.” (Scott‚ 1997; Framework Sub-committee of the National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation & Thatcher‚ 2000). Increasing the knowledge that youth have about drug and alcohol abuse
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Thesis: The government’s failure to adequately support the Indigenous peoples of Canada is highlighted in how poorly the following three cases or events were handled: residential schools‚ the Harper apology‚ and the current living conditions on reserves. The federal government excused and participated in the abuse in residential schools‚ failed to take action against the pain inflicted upon residential school survivors and family‚ and continued to allow current Indigenous peoples to live in terrible
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In modern society various people partake in acts of aggression and violence. Regardless of age or gender‚ expressing aggression and participating in violent actions are frequent obscenities in many cultures today. In the documentary Girlhood‚ Liz Garbus follows two young women who have encountered numerous misfortunes in the past that led them to implement their violent offences. Both girls work towards their freedom from the rehabilitation center in Baltimore‚ Maryland and finally become productive
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it’s Canada. There was an Orca in the ocean‚ they are well known for being Alaskan animals. So possibly it’s Alaska‚ for sure it’s very northern. There were countless icebergs‚ that supports the idea of the far north. The people seem to be based on Inuits (native to the general area of Alaska)‚ and they used kayaks‚ which are not found south of Canada. (The Spokane Indians used canoes.) Therefore I believe I’m correct in stating that‚ this all took place in either Alaska or Canada‚ after all they are
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Canada i/ˈkænədə/ is a country in North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent‚ it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. At 9.98 million square kilometres in total‚ Canada is the world ’s second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Its common border with the United States is the world ’s longest land border shared by the same two countries. The land that
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Social Class and Inequality Social inequality has been defined as a conflicting status within a society with regards to the individual‚ property rights‚ and access to education‚ medical care‚ and welfare programs. Much of society’s inequality can be attributed to the class status of a particular group‚ which has usually been largely determined by the group’s ethnicity or race (Macionis & Gerber‚ 2006). The conflict perspective is an attempt to understand the group conflict that
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Flags‚ history‚ wars‚ deaths. All of these words have to do with each and every individual country. The United States and Canada have fought in many wars together‚ had many losses of veterans and civilians‚ waved our individual flags‚ and much more! But what I’m going to talk to you about today is the many similarities and differences of the countries‚ and how the countries came about. The United States of America started out as just individual states. But as time went on‚ the states slowly merged
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years‚ but faced extinction roughly ten thousand years ago‚ due to climate change and overhunting (sound familiar). In the opening episode of Game of Thrones‚ each Stark child received a dire wolf. In reality‚ the dire wolves were merely Northern Inuit dogs‚ bred specifically to replicate their now extinct counterparts. Actress Sophie Turner‚ who portrays Sansa Stark‚ adopted her own direwolf‚ Lady. 5.THE ENDING IS ALREADY KNOWN Considering George Martin took fifteen years to write the first five
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describe the connection between the two concepts: a. tanning beds; birth defects b. sunglasses; sunburn c. hypertension; slave trade d. Asian flush; drinking water e. skull shape; climate f. body hair; malaria 11. What’s so fishy about the Inuits skin color? 12. Explain the good and the bad of ApoE4. Chapter IV 13. Explain the role of G6PO. 14. Briefly describe the connection between the two concepts: a. European clover; Australian sheep breeding crisis of the 1940s b. Capsaicin;
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