2. What is the Indian Act of 1876? Present Day Aboriginal Treaties and Conditions There are two critical ways Aboriginals failed to meet the needs of their people: 1. 2. Loss of land: European settlement took away Aboriginal People’s access to land Unable to maintain a Traditional way of life The 2360 reserves in Canada were only given a total of 27 500 km2 – about 0.3 % of Canada’s total area Land was of poor quality Loss of Self Government: The traditions of some of the oldest democracies in the world run by the Aboriginal People were taken away by the dominated government were developed Aboriginal children were taken from their homes and sent to live and learn in schools where the idea of “ ” was promoted taking away their culture and way of life to assimilate them In several cases the children were abused as well Lack of did not allow the people to hunt or fish traditionally as the ‘New’ government made legislation to protect wildlife
2. What is the Indian Act of 1876? Present Day Aboriginal Treaties and Conditions There are two critical ways Aboriginals failed to meet the needs of their people: 1. 2. Loss of land: European settlement took away Aboriginal People’s access to land Unable to maintain a Traditional way of life The 2360 reserves in Canada were only given a total of 27 500 km2 – about 0.3 % of Canada’s total area Land was of poor quality Loss of Self Government: The traditions of some of the oldest democracies in the world run by the Aboriginal People were taken away by the dominated government were developed Aboriginal children were taken from their homes and sent to live and learn in schools where the idea of “ ” was promoted taking away their culture and way of life to assimilate them In several cases the children were abused as well Lack of did not allow the people to hunt or fish traditionally as the ‘New’ government made legislation to protect wildlife
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