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A stereotype that sticks out to me would be that all aboriginal people are uneducated. It's a false accusation ,there's a lot that have gone to university and have degrees and carry a professional career, whether it be a lawyer or painter / actor.

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One stereotype that sticks out to me is that Indigenous people are alcoholics. I know a few men and women who don't touch alcohol but people still think they drink all the time.

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One stereotype that sticks out to me is the fact that people think Aboriginals are uneducated. Many well-educated aboriginals are around us and present in our everyday lives, whether we realize it or not. A prime example of a well-educated Aboriginal is Renee Pelletier a lawyer in Toronto.

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Rayna Bonner

12.11.21

Dispelling Myths

Many Canadians hold the common belief that all Indigenous people do not pay taxes. When the reality is only one percent of the population of Canada meets all the government caveats to live tax-free. Only status indigenous are eligible for exemptions and only in specific circumstances. For example, purchased goods may be tax-free but usually only on reservations. Income tax exemption only applies to status indigenous who live on reservations, making up less than half of the band indigenous. So this means that the neighbour two doors down, who is a status FNMI, pays the same income taxes as you and follows the same tax laws as the rest of the community.

https://www.facebook.com/CBC.caIndigenous/videos/dispelling-myths-about-tax-exemptions-for-indigenous-peoples/1252071504

https://circlesforreconciliation.ca

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One of the common beliefs of non-Indigenous people is that "All Indigenous people get a free secondary education." But these are not true. Not all Indigenous people are eligible, only “Status Indians” who have been recognized as “Indians” by the federal government. Again, this is not enough for everyone who is eligible and must meet strict conditions to apply for the funding.

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It's one of the commonly held beliefs about First Nations people in this country: they all get free post-secondary education.

Problem is, it's not true. And the reality is much more complicated.

To help make sense of it, here's a little of what Canadians should know about First Nations people and funding for post-secondary education.

Not for all First Nations students

Only "status Indians" - or people recognized by the federal government as "Indian" - are eligible to receive funding for post-secondary education through Indigenous and Northern Affairs funding.

If you don't have Indian status, you don't qualify

Ivana Yellowback, from Manito Sipi First Nation, is in her third year and is a double major in conflict resolution and criminal justice studies at the University of Winnipeg.

"Education is a treaty right, and we were supposed to all get education, but because of the Indian Act and the implementation of the funding we're under, it's not possible," Yellowback said.

Even when First Nations people are eligible for funding, that does not mean they automatically get it.

Not enough for all who are eligible

Students have to apply for funding for school from their home community.

Most often, the demand for funding far exceeds the money that bands receive for post-secondary education.

Serinda Baptiste, a band councillor at Little Pine First Nation, Sask., said the band can fund approximately 15-23 students each year - but has to turn away about 30 applications.

Many communities had limited funds to distribute because of what's known as the two per cent First Nations funding cap.

First imposed by a Liberal government in 1996, the two per cent cap was a limit Indigenous and Northern Affairs - then called Indian Affairs and Northern Development - placed on annual increases to First Nations' budgets. Many First Nations say the sting of the cap was most felt in education funding.

While the cap is being lifted, no changes have been made yet to the funding situation.

Crystal Tootoosis, the post-secondary administrator/student counsellor at Poundmaker First Nation, Sask., said that means even though there is a steady increase in her community's high school graduation rate, the band can still only fund a maximum of 30 students per year.

Strict conditions apply

For those who do receive funding, the money often comes with strict conditions.

Many students must reapply to their band every year, uphold a certain grade point average, have a career outline, not miss classes and take a minimum of four courses per semester.

Students who have their funding pulled because they have missed or failed classes often have to wait a minimum of two years before they can reapply.

Most reserves have funding priorities

The number 1 priority is often newly graduated high school students. Next are people continuing their undergraduate studies, then masters students and then people who have been out of school for a while.

Feather Pewapisconias is the president of the Indigenous Students Council at the University of Saskatchewan. She said she knows a number of First Nations students who haven't received funding, including her mother who was turned away for funding for her masters degree because she had been out of university for too long.

Some communities also place priority on people who actually live on-reserve.

Andre Bear is an education student at the University of Saskatchewan. Bear graduated from high school with the highest marks and was valedictorian.

However, because he had lived off-reserve his whole life, he didn't receive funding for his first year of university.He went back home to meet the people in his community, and then he got funding.

Funding may not cover all costs

The funding students receive only goes so far and only pays for so much. Some only have the cost of their tuition and books covered for the term.

Many students have to either work or apply for loans to cover living expenses.

Shannon Bear is in her fourth year at the University of Winnipeg, majoring in indigenous studies, and plans to pursue an education degree.

"I was funded for one year of school from my band. I didn't bother to take a student loan and ended up working three jobs to pay for schooling."
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It's one of the commonly held beliefs about First Nations people in this country: they all get free post-secondary education. Problem is, it's not true. And the reality is much more complicated. To help make sense of it, here's a little of what Canadians should know about First Nations people and funding for post-secondary education.

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The one thing that stuck out to me the most was that most Indigenous people feel inferior to others and are supposed to behave in a certain way. One of the examples of a stereotypes seen in the documentary is that the Indigenous people were treated like strangers and taken out of their homes  from the cities to isolated places by the government. Another example of a mispresented seen in the documentary about the Indigenous people is that their identified as lazy monster and alcohol addicts.

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In the first video Iskwe talks about the things her family worried about her growing up. However what stuck out the most to me was even though she looked white she was very much Indigenous. She knows her background and she's very proud of who she is. When even some of her family was worried about how people would see her. She talks about how it's like walking into two different worlds. The stereotype she'd faced would be that natives are brown. Looking at her no one would we see her as part of the Indigenous community. This may not seem as if it's a hurtful stereotype but if you look at it in a wider perspective people assume all First Nations look the same, dress a certain way and live all the same.

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A stereotype that is seen a lot for indigenous people that i saw in the documentary is that they are seen as lazy people, and some people think because the government helps them, they more or less are lazy because of it. when in reality many indigenous people come to the city to find more then what they have in their native groups.

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An example of a stereotype or misrepresentation that society may believe about the indigenous community is that they have issues with alcoholism.

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One stereotype that really stuck out to me especially in the documentary was that aboriginal people are incapable of having certain jobs or titles that non aboriginal people have & tying in with that, that aboriginal men and women are open and closed when in reality they have many layers and unique personality traits like you or I.

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An Indigenous stereotype that I have repeatedly seen in the media and books is that Indigenous men are "warriors" and are to be very brave and strong all of the time. I think that as humans everyone has a weak spot and keeping up with the idea that we need to be continuously strong and brave (especially as men) is unrealistic and gives young people that are still learning the wrong idea.

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the one stereotype that sticks out to me is men having a temper or anger problems i have never seen it i don't know were that comes from.