Lesson 2 Conflict with First Nations

Unit Three - Societies in Conflict

*NOTE: Choose to complete either Unit Three Lesson Two OR Unit Three Lesson Three.

LESSON TWO (ELAU3L2) - CONFLICT WITH FIRST NATIONS (Four Days)

INTRODUCTION

Prior to European contact, Canada was once comprised of six geographical areas populated by Aboriginal peoples of common cultures. The areas and examples of the peoples who lived in them are:
Atlantic Coast (Mi'kmaq people) 
Northwest Coast (Salish people)
Plateau (Kootenay people)
Plains (Blackfoot people)
Sub-Arctic (Dene people)
Eastern Woodlands (Anishinabe people)
Arctic (Inuit people)

Canada's Original Six Major Cultural Groups

Following European contact, the nation of Canada was built upon a premiss that did not recognize a place in Canada's future for Aboriginal Peoples. Canada was colonized with policies that both forced Aboriginal assimilation and displaced Aboriginal Peoples from their lands.This history led to the creation of various Aboriginal political and interest groups such as The Assembly of First Nations, The Metis National Council and others.

Resources

"The Trial of Duncan C. Scott" 
"Changes in the Indian Act"
"Truth and Reconciliation" 
Truth and Reconciliation, Commission of Canada
"The Wrongs of the Past"