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- - - - Called Rupert's Land, it look up 15 times the land of Britain
- - - - The statue reminds other Indigenous peoples of what happened the last time someone spoke up for their rights.
      - Louis Riel an Indigenous man was killed by Sir John A Macdonald near where his statue used to lie.
      - Some think Sir John was a good man and did so much for Canada, saying he was ambitious and, driven, and because of this he stopped Canada from becoming a colony.
        
        Many know what Sir John did to the Indigenous peoples but choose to still support and idolize him.
        
        Others believe that Sir John was a horrible man, they are continuing to be disgusted at how Canada would keep a statue up of a man who destroyed the lives of the Indigenous peoples.
        
        Indigenous peoples in Canada are still left without adequate housing, no fresh water or education.
        
        If unable to talk or be humane about the Sir John A Macdonald statue or its history, then there is no hope to have a conversation about the justice, health and, education issues in Canada.
        
        He starved Metis people and First Nations peoples
        
        Created the idea of residential schools, leading him to creating them
        
        2008 Steven Harper represented the Canadian Government and apologized for the treatment towards Indigenous peoples and for residential schools.
        
        Went on board with the building of the Canadian Railroad. He starved and neglected over 15,000 Chinese men and over 600 died building the railway.
        
        Chinese Immigration Act. This meant and Chinese person entering Canada had to pay a head tax of $50.
        
        2006 Steven Harper represented the Canadian Government and apologized to all Chinese people and citizens.
- - - - Champlain created circumstances surrounding trading. If they were to trade with the Wendat Indigenous peoples they had to let these men preach their religion to them.
        
        Jesuit religion -
        A Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order which includes priests and brother
        
        Champlain told the Wendat peoples that all the new illnesses (that Champlain and his men brought) could not be cured by the elders or their medicine, but only by adopting the Jesuit religion.
- - - - Created an Act to sterilize mentally ill or Indigenous women without consent so they could not reproduce.
        
        Only poor, mentally ill or Indigenous women
        
        Started in 1928, did not end until 1972.
        
        Also treated Chinese women horribly, they were extremely racist.
- - - - They could loose 80% of their knowledge in 3-4 weeks
        
        Many tribes died from smallpox
        
        Indigenous peoples did not have the immune system to deal with the sicknesses the Europeans brought with them, meaning it killed many more Indigenous Peoples than Europeans.
        
        Many thought smallpox was transferred through the HBC blankets.
- - - - The Canadian Government ran the residential schools under the Department of Indian Affairs.
        
        At the prime of residential schools there were 80 schools running
        
        The Canadian Government believed strongly that the Aboriginal were unable to adapt to the modern society.
        
        Since children were easier to shape into what the Government wanted, they chose to send them to residential schools.
        
        The were teaching the children to speak english making them loose their native languages, they also forced the children into Christianity.
        
        Many children faced physical, mental and, sexual abuse.
        
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        The children were unable to see siblings or speak their native languages. If caught they were whipped or beaten.
        
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        Most students stayed 10 months in the residential schools while other children would stay year round.