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Abstract1

Thesis statement1

Introduction1

Aboriginal People in Canada2

Colonization and Racism towards Aboriginal people3

Contact Between French and Aboriginal peoples5

The Conflicting Relationship5

The Aboriginal Initiatives toward Transformed Self-Sufficiency to the Present7

Conclusion8

Works Cited10

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Colonization of Aboriginal peoples

Abstract

The paper is designed to highlight the key consequences that provoke the Aboriginal peoples to make their colony in the European state Canada. It has been observed that this colonization not only describe us the incursion, but also explain the other part of the denomination that falls under the crisis of racism. The study reflects the entire scenario that bricked behind the colony and colonizers.

Thesis statement

The statement of Emma LaRocque “the history of Canada is a history of the colonization of Aboriginal peoples” emphasizes the entire discussion of the paper about the colonization of aboriginal people in Canada.

Introduction

In greater part, the history of Canada covers the history of the colonization of Aboriginal peoples. As an historical event, the colonization or chains of events are sufficiently recorded by historians and most of the academics. Certainly, it is largely documented by Aboriginal writers, scholars, and artists. The term Aboriginal refers only to the First Nation and the nation of Métis's people. Colonization can be explained as the invasion, subjugation and dispossession of people. It is observed that the invasion does not require being military, but it can start taking place from geographical intrusion in a way of industrial or agriculture encroachments. The outcome of these incursions is the removal of large number of lands from the real inhabitants. This process is later on legalized after proving some facts. In simpler words, Colonization is the practice of starting a colony, or outpost an economy, people or state, far from the location of the instituting body. Canada was first inhabited by people from Asia who arrived more than 10,000 years ago (www3.nfb.ca). In the historical account, the First Nation people are defined as Indians by the Indian Act that lost their 98 percent original lands by several legal means, for instance Indian Act and treaties. The nation of Metis lost aound 83 percent of their Red River through the removal program. The French established the first stable European colony in the early 1600s, and soon after established the fur trade. The long term outcome of these removals was institutionalized as an inequality. The relationship of colonizer was unequal by nature that benefited the colonizer at the expense of the colonized.

Discussion Analysis

Aboriginal People in Canada

In 1982 Canada constitutionally acknowledged three aboriginal peoples: Indians, Inuit, and Metis. Previously, Canada's approach towards its Indigenous people had been concentrated on Indians. Nonstatus Indians and Metis were regarded as ordinary Canadian citizens, and only status Indians (a designation with a distinct legal definition) rightly fell within the purview of Canadian policy of Aboriginal peoples as governed by the Indian Act. Much of Canadian approach has its roots in the colonial era whereby both French and British practices influenced Canada's treatment of Indigenous peoples after 1867. “Indian” has been a widely applied term, although Indigenous, ...