canada there are three groups of aboriginal people. (first nations(or indian), metis and inuit

CANADAThere are three groups of Aboriginal

people. (First nations(or Indian), Metis and Inuit

Aboriginal People

• First Nations:– There are 615 first nation communities. – 53% of registered First nation members– 11% of non-registered First nation members

• Metis: – 30% of Aboriginal People

• Inuit: – 4% of Aboriginal People

HISTORY

• Inhabited for millennia by First Nations• Revolved from a group of European colonies• Established by the English and the French• French came in the 17th Century• British ruled in the 20th Century

HISTORY(TREATIES)

• Made to show friendship• Used to secure trade routes.• Treaty of Paris:– Ended the seven years war.– Organised the governments of Britain's of

accusations on the mainland of North America.– It was called the ‘Magna Carta of Indian Rights’– Dispossesion of Aboriginal people continued.

HISTORY

• The American Revolution:– Commenced 1776 – Created provinces: Upper Canada and New Brunswick– Quebec, Nova Scotia, Upper Canada and New

Brunswick entered the Confederation in 1867.• Canada grew beyond the boundaries of the

original four provinces. – Manitoba was created in 1870– Alberta and Saskatchewan was created in 1905– Due to the union with British Columbia 1871.

HISTORY

• Not until 1951 was a provision included in the Indian Act to prevent provincial encroachment on treat rights.

• Polices:– were made to try remove First Nations children from their

families and sending them to residential schools. – And to dispossess and assimilate the First Nations people.

• Began to claim there rights through courts and it ended with them developing judicial recognition of their claims.

KEY ISSUES

• Charter of Rights:– 1982– Constitution was altered to include a Charter of Rights. – Which affirmed and recognised Aboriginal treaty rights.

• National Representation– 1985– Assembly of the First Nations– a structure that was based on the Charter of Assembly of

the First Nations. – It presents their views of various First Nations.

KEY ISSUES

• Self Government:– 1985– Canadian department of Indian and Northern Affairs

introduced a policy for the self government of First Nation people.

– It enabled them to govern their internal affairs and assumed greater responsibility and control over decision making that effects their communities.

KEY ISSUES

• Delgamuukw v British Columbia:– The supreme court recognised a form of ‘Aboriginal title’– Encompassed the right to exclusive use and occupation of

traditional land.

• Indian Residential Schools:– 10 May 2006 – Approved by Canadian Government– Established to help aboriginal students that have been

affected by abuse that has affected them psychologically.