Aboriginal People

Aboriginal People Presentation By: Drew & Brianne

Residential Schools A residential school is a boarding school housing any Aboriginal child, to transition them into the European ways. (I.e., languages, religion, etc.)

In 1920 Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott of the head of the Department of Indian Affair, got a Bill passed to make any Aboriginal child between the ages of 7-15 attend a residential school. The Aboriginal children were taken from their tribe and sent to one of the schools. There the child was forced to learn the ways of the Europeans. Their lives were changed extremely. They suffered from poor diet, lack of proper medical attention, malnutrition, disease, racism, physical and mental and sexual abuse.

Inuit Tribe Inuit Tribe The Inuit Tribe, is Aboriginals that live in the Arctic. Labrador, Ungava, Baffin Island, Iglulik, Caribou, Netsilik, Copper and Western Arctic Inuit, are the eight groups inside the Inuit Tribe. Most of the Inuit groups speak Inuktitut or Eskimo-Aleut.

Metis Tribe The Metis Tribe was formed after many European and Aboriginal people (Usually, a European man and Aboriginal woman) got married and had children. It was formed because many of the Metis couldn’t decide which culture they wanted to be apart of. (European or Aboriginal)

First Nations Tribe The 6 groups of First Nations are Woodland, Iroquoian, Plains Plateau, Pacific Coast , First Nations of the Mackenzie, Yukon River Basins. They speak many languages. Also the First Nations had a bigger part In the Indian Act than the other Aboriginals.

Indian Act In 1876 the Government passed the Indian Act. The Indian Act was allowed because the Canadian Government wanted to eliminate the Aboriginal ways from the Aboriginals, and make them European. It first included the Government was allowed to locate the Aboriginals where ever they wanted them to be (Confined and placed in reserves) and no traditional doings were to be held . In 1920, it was amended to have the Aboriginal children attend European schools. (Residential Schools)

The Williams Treaty In 1923, the Canadian government signed the Williams Treaty with the Aboriginals of Canada. This treaty was conjured up after the unsettled Aboriginal land claims in southern and central Ontario. The treaty involved the Aboriginals handing over their land in exchange for a payment of money. However, they lost their right to hunt, fish or trap on any of this land.

After the Treaty was signed the government acquired: • A sector of land by the northern shore of Lake Ontario • Another sector of land, Lake Simcoe, by the Holland River and the boundary between the counties of Victoria and Ontario • Another piece of land from Lake Huron, the Ottawa River to Mattawa River-Lake Nipissing

Cited Sources First Nations of Canada http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307460755710 Treaty Research http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100029000 Canada in the Making http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/aboriginals/aboriginals11_e.html#williams Okmain Region http://www.okmainregion.net/index.php?menu=education&sub=secwepemc&page=education/secwepemc/section04.inc Google Images https://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

Aboriginal People