Relationship between Canada and its aboriginal population

Relationship between Canada and its aboriginal population. Detailing the start of the racial discrimination in the Indian Act, the systemic concern in the residential schools and ending it with the sixties scoop including facts. All information discussed in the first part of the question is referred back from class lectures and the textbook. The hostile abuse towards the Aboriginal population began through the Indian Act.

The Indian Act is the most significant piece of racist legislation that has even been produced. The act was established in 1867 and it gave legal power to the Canadian government to fully control the lives of Aboriginals. Aboriginals were not considered "people" under the laws of Canada. The Indian Act was passed because the government wanted to civilize and assimilate the "Indian".

In other words, to exterminate the culture, tradition and language in the mainstream Canadian society. It was produced as an Indian "problem" within the country and in doing so the government renounced their rights and privileges. The act created the figure of paternalism, the term paternal means a relationship of dependency and/or a parental figure.

The government as the "parent" creates a we know what is best for you, situation for the Aboriginal community. By the design, it creates a dependency from the government and teaches them the difference of right versus wro