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4,3% of the canadian population are aboriginals yet they represent about 27% of prisonners.

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-vicious cycle
-abolish stereotypes
-educate people on the situation of aboriginals
-regain the aboriginal population's trust
-lean the first nation full history instead of just the maison longues by example over and over
-be a united country

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The truth and reconciliation commission.
This report is a compilation of testimonies from around 6000 indigenous people who have survived residential schools.  This estimates that 3 200 children died in residential schools.

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The impact of Residential schools on Indigenous people

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The impact of Residential schools on Indigenous people

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Document 6c : An interview and video clip

“Seven generations of healing” Conversation with Christy Jordan-Fenton about the lasting effects of the residential school system, A blog post by Jacjie Hansen of Amnesty International

Guiding Question:  According to activist Christy Jordan-Fenton, how did the residential school system cause the deep social problems within Indigenous communities today?

-Residential schools actually impacted seven generations of Indigenous people because in those schools, children who were taken away weren't raised by their parents. This caused that these children didn't receive and didn't learn the actual "support system" they needed, which means they won't give it to their own children neither. "We learn by experience."
-The children in Residential schools were constantly encouraged to let down their culture in order to learn the "right things". These children were then taken away when they were 3 or 4 years old and they returned back to their community at 14 or 15. Being in these establishments for such a long time changed their way of living their life, which means that when they got back to their homes, it was really hard to re-integrate the world they once lived in when they were younger. They probably had forgotten their language, their ceremonies, their cultural practices, which can cause misunderstanding between youth and elders.
-Normalization of violence : Children who are constantly victims of daily violence consider it as normal because it's all they have ever known for their whole life, so they don't know how life would be without it.

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The many disrespectful stereotypes about Indigenous

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The many disrespectful stereotypes about Indigenous

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Document 3 : video clip

"Stereotypes about Natives in Canada", by Wab Kinew

Guiding Question:   In our society, what are the most common stereotypes about indigenous people"?

Five things to stop saying about First Nations (stereotypes) :
-Alcohol
(Poverty that separates white people from indigenous, white people consume alcohol and pass out at various places, but indigenous people do it on the streets which is considered shameful)
-Why don't you guys just get over it ?
(Some people got over it, but it doesn't mean they can forget They endured terrible traumas, which are hard to forget)
-The long-hair thing
(Long hair : symbol of cultural pride, long straight hair or curly hair)
-The 7 billion dollars?
(People asking indigenous what they do with all that money,
This money has to pay for a population the same size as New-Brunswick, and New-Brunswick spends 8 billion dollars on their population, and no one asks them the reason why they receive that money)
-Taxes
(A status Indian pays income tax, sales tax and even a land transferred tax. Another stereotype : Aboriginal people in Canada are getting a free ride, but after 140 years they are still waiting for the things that were promised in those agreements to share the land, so who's getting the free ride?)

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Document 4b:  a poem

"I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind", by Thomas King
Guiding Question:  What is Thomas King's main message (theme) about modern Indigenous culture?

This shows that the first nation descendants live among us and that they are not brave warriors, and half-naked, dancing people wearing feathers and buckskin. In reality, they are not that different from mainstream society.

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Guiding question: What atrocities are committed at the expense of the first nations communities?
-Alcoholism
-Rape, murder
-unfair treatment in the justice system
-untreated water

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Apologizing for the faults that have been committed 

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Apologizing for the faults that have been committed 

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Document 6a: This document shows a white man, representing the government of Canada, recognizing the horrible things that have happened in the past and accepting truth and reconciliation.
Guiding question: How can white people deal in the best way possible the cultural genocide that happened?

By accepting their past and finding better solution to unite the country as one

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Document 4a:  a video clip

"I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind", by Thomas King
Guiding Question:  What is Thomas King's main message (theme) about modern Indigenous culture?

This video clip shows that the aboriginals in our day are very different than back then and that they are a part of our community and that we should treat them like any other.

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Document 2 : "What does it take to break stereotypes about First Nations?", by Tamara Ainscow

Guiding Question:   In our society, what are the most common stereotypes about indigenous people"?

Three main stereotypes :
- All First Nations people are stupid, drunk and lazy.
(People are surprised when they do good intellectually, and considering them with disgust and condescension)
- Natives are spiritual beings, at one with nature.
(People talk to them with adoration, referring to ceremonies, so when she said she grew up in a homogeneously white suburb, they were disappointed to learn that she didn't practice any ceremonies or traditional arts)
- First Nations are primitive savages.
(People are uncomfortable alone with her, focus on the lewd aspect of the stereotype and people look at her in a disrespectful way, as if she was a sexual object, comparing her to other First Nations' women)

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Document 1: "How to Talk about Indigenous people", by Ossie Michelin.

Guiding Question:   What is the difference between the words, "indigenous" and "First Nations" and "aboriginal"?

Indigenous is a general term.... internationally accepted.
Wanna be more specific???    Use one of these 3 terms:
1.  First Nations
2.  Metis
3. Inuit or Inuk
If you do not know what nation a person belongs to.... ask them.
"Aboriginal"is an OK word.   But it is slowly fading away

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