CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Goal
A
To protect local people from global culture
2
Q
Language diversity amongst aboriginals
A
800+ languages spoken
3
Q
How were they wronged
A
Canadian government underwent forced assimilation of the people
4
Q
1870
A
Boarding schools took 150,000 students to ‘kill the Indian in the Child’
5
Q
Indian Act 1920
A
Stopped them performing sun dance
