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- Title
Canada's First Nations.
- Authors
Rees, William
- Abstract
The article discusses the history and contemporary government policies of Canada towards its indigenous peoples of the First Nations. It reports that when Canada became a confederation in 1867, it inherited all previous treaties between Indians and Great Britain. In an effort to limit the rights of Indians, the 1876 Indian Act was passed without their input. Furthermore, customs such as the potlatch were outlawed and Canada created the Indian school residential system to remove Indians from their language and culture and force assimilation.
- Subjects
CANADIAN government relations with First Nations; LEGAL status of First Nations; FIRST Nations-White relations; FIRST Nations of Canada -- Treaties; TREATMENT of Aboriginal Canadians; OFF-reservation boarding schools; CULTURAL assimilation of indigenous peoples; CULTURAL assimilation of Native Americans
- Publication
History Today, 2018, Vol 68, Issue 9, p12
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article