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Aftermath of the Canadian Indian Residential School System
- GHRD Team
- 14 April 2022
‘Indigenous peoples’ or ‘First Nations’ are the collective names used to describe the original people who inhabited North
America (and their descendants) prior to the arrival of European colonizers. In Canada, 4.9% of the population (1.67 million people) self-identify themselves as Indigenous persons, according to the 2016 Census. There are 634 First Nation communities in Canada, representing more than 50 Nations
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and 50 Indigenous languages. Therefore, it is accurate to state that Indigenous Canadians are diverse peoples with unique cultures, histories and
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languages. Despite the Canadian government’s numerous laws, policies and programmes targeting Indigenous peoples’ issues, both at federal and provincial levels, the critical condition of this population in such a highly developed country is difficult to reconcile. The current strained relationship between the federal government and Indigenous people derives from the structural and historical discriminatory treatment
5
given to this population. This has resulted in distressing socio-economic conditions, not to mention the
6
indelible dispossession of their culture and the active role of the Canadian State in a genocidal operation such as the Indian Residential School (IRS) System.
America (and their descendants) prior to the arrival of European colonizers. In Canada, 4.9% of the population (1.67 million people) self-identify themselves as Indigenous persons, according to the 2016 Census. There are 634 First Nation communities in Canada, representing more than 50 Nations
3
and 50 Indigenous languages. Therefore, it is accurate to state that Indigenous Canadians are diverse peoples with unique cultures, histories and
4
languages. Despite the Canadian government’s numerous laws, policies and programmes targeting Indigenous peoples’ issues, both at federal and provincial levels, the critical condition of this population in such a highly developed country is difficult to reconcile. The current strained relationship between the federal government and Indigenous people derives from the structural and historical discriminatory treatment
5
given to this population. This has resulted in distressing socio-economic conditions, not to mention the
6
indelible dispossession of their culture and the active role of the Canadian State in a genocidal operation such as the Indian Residential School (IRS) System.
✨ AI summary
‘Indigenous peoples’ or ‘First Nations’ are the collective names used to describe the original people who inhabited North
America (and their descendants) prior to the arrival of European colonizers. In Canada, 4.9% of the population (1.67 million people) self-identify themselves as Indigenous persons, according to the 2016 Census. There are 634 First Nation communities in Canada, representing more than 50 Nations
3
and 50 Indigenous languages. Therefore, it is accurate to state that Indigenous Canadians are diverse peoples with unique cultures, histories and
4
languages. Despite the Canadian government’s numerous laws, policies and programmes targeting Indigenous peoples’ issues, both at federal and provincial levels, the critical condition of this population in such a highly developed country is difficult to reconcile. The current strained relationship between the federal government and Indigenous people derives from the structural and historical discriminatory treatment
5
given to this population. This has resulted in distressing socio-economic conditions, not to mention the
6
indelible dispossession of their culture and the active role of the Canadian State in a genocidal operation such as the Indian Residential School (IRS) System.
America (and their descendants) prior to the arrival of European colonizers. In Canada, 4.9% of the population (1.67 million people) self-identify themselves as Indigenous persons, according to the 2016 Census. There are 634 First Nation communities in Canada, representing more than 50 Nations
3
and 50 Indigenous languages. Therefore, it is accurate to state that Indigenous Canadians are diverse peoples with unique cultures, histories and
4
languages. Despite the Canadian government’s numerous laws, policies and programmes targeting Indigenous peoples’ issues, both at federal and provincial levels, the critical condition of this population in such a highly developed country is difficult to reconcile. The current strained relationship between the federal government and Indigenous people derives from the structural and historical discriminatory treatment
5
given to this population. This has resulted in distressing socio-economic conditions, not to mention the
6
indelible dispossession of their culture and the active role of the Canadian State in a genocidal operation such as the Indian Residential School (IRS) System.
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