Indigenous Peoples

  • 1500

    European Settlers

    • French
    • British
    • Fur trade
    • Eastern "Canada"
    • Death by disease
    • "First Nations"
  • Period: to

    Seven Years War

    • British vs French
    • British vs First Nations
    • French vs First Nations
  • Royal Proclamation

  • Destruction Of Bison

    • From 30 million to 1000 bison
  • Reserve System

  • Mohawk Residential School

  • Gradual Civilization Act

  • Confederation "Canada 150!"

  • Gradual Enfranchisement Act

  • Period: to

    Numbered Treaties

  • Indian Act

    • (First Nations only)
  • Period: to

    CPR Railway

  • Establishes Residential School Systems "First Nations"

  • Ban Potlatches And Cultural Ceremonies/Belongings

  • Agreement B/T Canadian Gov't Churches To Run Residential Schools

  • Dr.Bryce

  • Period: to

    WW1

  • Residential School Mandatory For FIrst Nations Children Up To Age 16

  • Period: to

    WW2

  • Residential Schools For Inuit

  • Canada Selectively Ratifies UN Convention

  • Indigenous People Have The Right To Vote

  • Civil Right Movements and Residential Schools Start Closing

  • 60s Scooop

    • Indigenous in foster care
    • Adopt them out to white Canadians
  • "White Paper"

    Pierre Eliott Trudeau
  • "Red Paper"

  • Period: to

    Churches Start Apologizing About Residential Schools

  • Establishment Of Royal Commission On Indigenous Peoples (RCAP)

  • RCAP Releases Reports And Last Residential School Closed

  • Creation Of Nunavut

  • Law Suit FiIled By Residential School Survivors

  • Settled The Law Suit

  • Truth And Reconciliation Commision

    • Indigenous have higher suicide rates
    • Higher rate of incarceration
    • Lower life expectancy
    • More health problems
  • Prime Minister Stephen Harper "Apologizes"

  • TRC Release The Report

    • 94 Calls To Action Indignous Women - MMIW
    • Assaulted
    • Raped
    • Kidnapped
    • Murdered
  • Settlement To 60s Scoop Survivors

  • Justin Trudeau announces a "framework" for working with Indigenous Peoples