Indigenous people

Sent by France and Britain

Fought each other for Canadian and American land

war of 1812

forced indigenous people to fight

no one won

7 years war

thousands of casulties

a lot of indigenous people killed

scouts

sent to measure land

attacked on many occasions

came to Canada to trade and claim land

traded fur, shells, necklace's and weapons with indigenous people

stole land

false treaties

killed indigenous people over land

settled in indigenous territory

kicked them out of there land

destroyed there homes

indigenous treaties made with wampum belts

were based on loyalty system

could be exploited

European treaties made on paper

unfair

based on documents and legal system

Not properly acknowledged

Europeans normally disobeyed treaties

reconciled in the future

exposed and action was taken in future

indigenous people were exploited

created for indigenous advocacy

sang and showed all over Canada

created to recognize all indigenous groups

can be in many forms

differently worded land acknowledgement

removing the name of people who hurt indigenous people from school names, community places and other person named places

creating a day for indigenous people

countless deaths

graves of indigenous children

taken from their familes

returned when 16-17

beaten and abused

not allowed to embrace culture

forgot their religion

were put on the Christian path

improper healthcare

major sickness

disease spread

could not treat wounds properly

lead to infection

malnourished

too many children to feed

children would be very skinny and under fed

hunger

children fighting for food

stealing would be constant

overcrowding

too many children

not enough recourses

clothes

food

intergenerational trauma

trauma passed down decades of ancestors

Louis Riel

led resistance movements against government of Canada

against government of Canada

against John A McDonald

one of the founders of original Manitoba

metis leader

led the red river resistance

stopped scouts from entering their land

Chief Tecumseh

formed a confederacy against white settlement

died in battle of thames

ended his confederation

reclaimed indigenous land

signed treaties for land

fought for land

died trying

Gabriel Dumont

amazing marksman in combat

led a metis army during northwest resitance

cared for metis women and children while in hiding

indigenous people awarded proper rights in 1982

able to vote in 1960

would be stripped of Indian status

Indian act

not able to hold cultural dances and of sessions

was removed from Indian act

still don't have clean drinking water

still have not fully reclaimed all of their land