Identity Losses
What new type of names were the Indigenous people given?
European names (ex.Bob Joseph)
What is a residential school?
A type of school used to strip indigenous children of their culture and make them behave more like Europeans
Is the Indian act still in play in today's world?
Yes it is (ex the reservations)
What is the biggest harmful part of the Act?
Residential Schools, stealing children from their families and changing their identity.
How were their families changed?
Children taken, names changed, wives and husbands separated, culture stripped
What were some of the things that happened at the residential schools?
Children had their hair cut off, clothes taken away and forced to wear European school uniforms, their names changed, forced to learn English, forced to learn a new culture
What's a way it is still in place today
The government controlling who qualify's for certain things through the Indian registration
Was their any sexism in the Act?
Yes, Women were denied status, and sometimes had things taken from them when their husbands died like their children
How was their culture taken away?
Native language banned from being spoke, cultural practices banned, cultural clothing banned in public settings, names changed
Did all of the children return to their families? Were those schools safe?
No, not all of the children returned home, many lost their lives for a number of different reasons. The schools were also not a safe place for the children they endured many different kinds of abusive during their time at the schools
In what way does the government control the reserves?
The act enables the government to have control over the land and hold the land in trust. Which then restricts it from being sold.
Did they truly have rights?
Short answer, no they did not. They were lead to think they did but they truly had none.
What losses did they endure from the act
Loss of languages, traditional teachings, loss of stories that were passed down, loss of their sacred land, loss of their homes and families and loss of their rights
How did it impact the children when going home to their families
They loss the ability to speak their language so they could not always communicate with their families, they return home completely different people and no longer recognized their families and their families did not recognized them either and sometimes couldn't form relationships with their families again
Is there still a lasting impact on the Indigenous people today?
Yes, there is generational trauma that the families of those who lived through the harsher Indian Act and now are living with the trauma and are still living with the Indian Act today although it may not be as harsh it still affects them.
Did they ever gain their identitys back?
No not always or sometimes never, some may of died before they got the chance or some suffer so much they couldn't try to gain them back or some couldn't remember their identitys
What impact of the act do we see today on our Indigenous people
The places they are forced to live, the issues on their reservations, the wrong teaching that people taught about the Indigenous people that caused and still cause discrimination, the loss of their cultural events, foods, clothing
Are the Indigenous people still affected?
Yes they are still affected, generational trauma impacts the generations after the children and parents have to deal with the behaviors and ill teachings now which will continue to impact every generation until someone decides to stop it which can be very difficult.
Is there new arrangements coming into play?
Yes, negotiated self government agreements are new things coming into play allowing the Indigenous to have more control.
Was the Act righteous?
No, clearly it was not as we still see and hear about the impact it had and continues to have on today's indigenous peoples.