#8 I think the main goal of this act was to control Natives and assimilate them into Canada, and to bring First Nations’ status to an end. The act brought together all of Canada’s legislation governing First Nation people, which defined who Aboriginals were under Canadian law and set out the process by which people would cease to be Aboriginals. Under the act, the Canadian government assumed control of First Nation people’s governments, economy, religion, land, education, and even their personal lives.
The impact the Indian Act had on First Nations people at the time this was enacted were that the Aboriginal farmers could not sell their produce without the approval of the Indian agent, a government official responsible for the day-to-day
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Some of the positive effects of the act are that it still protects several Aboriginal rights: it provides protection for the Aboriginals, paid education (post-secondary), exempts them from paying taxes, having healthcare coverage and have cheaply priced housing. As well as, the Act protects and preserves the Aboriginals’ land and prohibits non-Native people from using or living on the reserves. Lastly, It helps us to understand how the federal government took away the Aboriginals’ rights and lands and also learn that you should not discriminate people, no matter their background. Some of the negative effects of the act are that Aboriginals have lost a lot of cultural aspects due to the Indian Act. Firstly, the law prevents Aboriginals living on a reserve from owning their own property and they need to rely on their chief and band councils to grant them housing and maintain their homes condition. Adding on, First Nation people are prohibited from getting a mortgage, a business loan or even leasing a car. They are also prohibited from selling meat or agricultural products cultivated from their land to anyone off the reserve without special government permission. Finally, as of today, some Aboriginal people are still disrespected because of the stereotypes that non-Aboriginal people still believe. For example, there are a number of myths and misconceptions about Aboriginal people that some non-Aboriginal people still think is
The failure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to manage this trust fund properly led to legislation and lawsuits in the 1990s and early 2000s to force the government to properly account for the revenues collected. The aim of the act was to encourage American Indians to take up agriculture and adopt the habits of civilized life and ultimately.... ... middle of paper ... ...upon the survey of the lands so as to conform thereto; and patents. shall be issued to them for such lands in the manner and with the restrictions as provided herein.
The Indian Removal Act and the Louisiana Purchase was a very important time in the U.S. History and many years to come. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, two major events took place that were turning points for the U.S., The Louisiana Purchase and the Indian Removal Act, these events made an impact socially, economically, and politically. First of all, the United States was out in search of rich soil to plant many fields of cotton. During this search in 1785, they became upon Native Americans who occupied millions of untouched land. In the early 1800s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans disappeared; by the end of the decade, very few Natives remained.
To start off, I’ll be writing about the life of people in British North America and its significance towards unifying Canada, as well as background knowledge of conflicts that existed. Life in British North America was changing at an alarming rate. New technology and services were being introduced such as railways and steamships. Industries such as building, producing and farming were being introduced. This was in part due to the many immigrants from Britain and France who’d settled. This was dreadful for the First Nations as their land had been taken away even more so than before. More resources were needed for the growing crowd so trade agreements were made. As more people came, the First Nations were even more distanced from the Europeans. Meanwhile, the French and the British wanted the other’s culture to be erased from the
The Indian Act is made up from the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and the Gradual Enfranchisement Act of 1869. The Gradual Civilization Act encouraged the Indian people to give up their status and become a Canadian citizen. The Gradual Enfranchisement Act gave the government full control over the Indian people. They were able to decide everything from who kept their status, received benefits, and even who were able to keep their children. In 1876, these acts together alongside with other rules and regulations formed the Indian Act. The government thought it was best to be able to control every aspect of the First Nations people’s lives. It was stated in annual report of the Department of the Interior Indian Affairs in 1876:
Another effect includes strengthening the mistrust between the Native Americans and the United States government. Political corruption was shown with the broken treaties and unfair doing to the Native Americans. The Indian Removal Act had drawbacks and benefits for the United States and Native Americans. This would suggest that the Indian Removal act was unjustifiable because both side were at a
...t led to their rights being acknowledged in the Canadian law. Their rights including land claims could no longer be repelled or ignored by the federal government. The Policy of Outstanding Business was a huge breakthrough for Aboriginals as they were able to have their needs taken care of, receive full benefits in claims and became recognized in the Court of law.
Canada likes to paint an image of peace, justice and equality for all, when, in reality, the treatment of Aboriginal peoples in our country has been anything but. Laden with incomprehensible assimilation and destruction, the history of Canada is a shameful story of dismantlement of Indian rights, of blatant lies and mistrust, and of complete lack of interest in the well-being of First Nations peoples. Though some breakthroughs were made over the years, the overall arching story fits into Cardinal’s description exactly. “Clearly something must be done,” states Murray Sinclair (p. 184, 1994). And that ‘something’ he refers to is drastic change. It is evident, therefore, that Harold Cardinal’s statement is an accurate summarization of the Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationship in
The government’s goal of the Residential School System was to remove and isolate the children from their families and their culture in order to assimilate the Indigenous race to the dominant new Canadian culture. What the citizens did not know about was the
The Indian Removal Act was a bill passed in the 1800’s. Its purpose was to forcefully remove the Native Americans from their homeland. Indians from Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama, were moved from the place where they had grown up. Where their ancestors had grown up. Once the Native Americans were gone the territory would be claimed by the US. They were moved to the west had suffered many endearments from the move.
Since the time of federation the Aboriginal people have been fighting for their rights through protests, strikes and the notorious ‘day of mourning’. However, over the last century the Australian federal government has generated policies which manage and restrained that of the Aboriginal people’s rights, citizenships and general protection. The Australian government policy that has had the most significant impact on indigenous Australians is the assimilation policy. The reasons behind this include the influences that the stolen generation has had on the indigenous Australians, their relegated rights and their entitlement to vote and the impact that the policy has had on the indigenous people of Australia.
The Indian act, since being passed by Parliament in 1876, has been quite the validity test for Aboriginal affairs occurring in Canada. Only a minority of documents in Canadian history have bred as much dismay, anger and debate compared to the Indian Act—but the legislation continues as a central element in the management of Aboriginal affairs in Canada. Aboriginal hatred against current and historic terms of the Indian Act is powerful, but Indigenous governments and politicians stand on different sides of the fence pertaining to value and/or purpose of the legislation. This is not shocking, considering the political cultures and structures of Aboriginal communities have been distorted and created by the imposition of the Indian Act.
In return the indians were befriended by the United States Government. Also in this treaty it gave the government the right to build roads and have military posts within their land. In return the government will protect the indian land. In 1887 the general allotment act was put into place. The general allotment act divided up the land on the reservations and was divided for individual indians. The goal of this was to make the indians into individual land owners and farmers so they can assimilate into
The Confederation act of 1867 without question has had a major influence on the status of contemporary Canada. It has helped shape Canada into one of the worlds most politically and economically powerful countries; a country that is strong, independent, and united. There was a series of events which led to the confederation of Canada, some which are more significant than others. However, I believe that despite the significance of events such as the British encouragement of uniting its North American colonies, the central and key reason for confederation was the fear of potential American (Yankee) inhabitance (whether by persuasion or invasion) of the divided and vast British North American colonies, and the way that the “Fathers of Confederation” were able to take advantage of this situation and persuade reluctant colonies to join Confederation. A strong and united nation could not be easily invaded or bought. These essential factors will be discussed in the paragraphs to come.
Indian Sovereignty begins defining the word sovereignty which is a strenuous word to define due to not being touched and has changed over the years. But you may see it through exercising the sovereign powers. The word sovereignty began in Europe with the superior power who was the King they exercised sovereignty with working with their ruler. John Locke and Jacques Rousseau both help develop, define what sovereignty means which John said it comes from the people and Jacques says it comes from the agreement among the people of a nation. Next Sovereignty is never completely independent due to the fact that a strong Nation relies on one another to attain the goal of independence. Sovereignty is the supreme power before nation, government, and
Export- oriented growth model will improve India’s Balance of Payment and help in accumulating foreign exchange reserves (which is very important given the