Abstract
This paper discusses the impact and consequences of the federal and provincial government policies on the Aboriginal people of Canada. The paper suggests that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values.

From the Paper
"The Aboriginal peoples of Canada have "a long history of the denial of self-government" (Cassidy 99). The Federal government abetted by the provincial governments with strong economic interests in appropriating and developing Indian lands are no longer viable systems of politics or the delivery of social services. Although Chris Anderson, himself an Aboriginal academic, cautions against the reliability of data from "such a blunt instrument like the census" (Anderson 2), if a national tribal council were called with the specific goal of beginning to formulate the framework of a sovereign Aboriginal nation, it is possible that a census of all Indians could be an effective part of that framework. To achieve sovereignty, the links with federalism and provincialism have to be broken; status labels have to be discarded. There are too many "policy formation mechanisms" (Cassidy 97) set up "to deal with the challenges presented by Aboriginal governments" [to provincial ones], but the challenges are presented to the Aboriginal peoples by the provincial and federal governments, not the other way around. The question is not why the Aboriginal people do not have the land, but why the Canadian government has it. Sovereignty is the unknown form but the only true answer."

Tags:development, sovereignty, identity, Indian, Act, stability

Abstract
This paper explains how social determinants of health are linked and identifies the pathways by which they come to influence health. It focuses on Aboriginal people in Canada and how they are more affected by the social determinants of health than any other population in the country. It then discusses policy options to improve the quality of these social determinants of health. Finally, the paper discusses the barriers to implementation of the policy options.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aboriginal Status
Income
Pathways
Social Exclusion
Gender
Policy Options for Improving Quality of Social Determinants of Health
Barriers to Implementation of Policy Options
Conclusion

From the Paper
"First Nations people have been exploited and oppressed during their colonization. Their socioeconomic conditions are the worst in Canada and lead to poor health. Policy options to help these people have been devised but, for the most part, their implementation seems very unlikely. What is needed is a major ad radical change in government orientation away from the priorities of globalization. That pressure is based in transnational corporations. The future depends on how well the government can be pressured in the opposite direction."

Tags:colonization, gender, income, policy

Abstract
This twelve page undergraduate paper examines how throughout Canadian history the traditional educational system for aboriginal people offered some basic benefits for their children as they sought to achieve an education that would prepare them for adulthood. The writer notes that the system like any educational system was not without its flaws mutual misunderstandings and divisive debates. The writer concludes that as policymakers have sought to improve First Nations education, a more modern educational system has evolved which is more responsive to the special circumstances of First Nations children.

From the Paper
"Throughout Canadian history, the traditional educational system for aboriginal people offered some basic benefits for their children as they sought to achieve an education that would prepare them for adulthood, but the system, like any educational system, was not without its flaws, mutual misunderstandings, and divisive debates. As policymakers have sought to improve First Nations education, a more modern educational system has evolved which is more responsive to the special circumstances of First Nations children. But in the eyes of many First Nations people, modern education in Canada is still in need of further reform."

Tags:aboriginal, schools, canada

Abstract
The paper discusses how the official policy of the Canadian government regarding the Aboriginal peoples became one of eradication through assimilation, mainly through the residential school system. The paper first reveals the shocking abuses to the Native children and the effects on the destruction of aboriginal culture and identity. The paper then explores whether Canada committed genocide and argues that Canada's policy clearly indicated a genocidal policy towards Aboriginal people. The paper concludes that the failed attempts to aggressively civilize the Aboriginal people of Canada left blood on Canadians' hands and generations of traumatized people stripped of their culture.

Outline:
Effects of the Residential School System
Genocide

From the Paper
"The European relationship with the indigenous people of North America has existed uneasily since contact. From European dependence on Aboriginal knowledge; to mutually beneficial interdependence; to Aboriginal dependence on Europeans, the relationship has been one of utility and of dominance. Very early in the relationship Europeans began their attempt to turn Aboriginals into a simulacrum of themselves by educating Aboriginal children to become European; to "civilize" them. Aboriginal resistance precluded these attempts in the early years of European occupation, and the relationship became one of complex interdependence."

Tags:assimilation, abuse, Christians, Europeans

Abstract
This paper explores the topic of government policy and the Aboriginal people of Canada. The paper offers the thesis of that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values. The paper also notes that the UN Human Rights Commission ruled that Canada was in violation of certain native tribes' human rights.

From the Paper
"The thesis of this paper is that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values." "In 1990, after six years of study and deliberation, an eighteen country United Nations Committee on Human Rights ruled that Canada was in violation of the Lubicon Lake Indians human rights" (Harris 2006)."

Tags:native, exploitation, rights

Abstract
This paper reviews the history of the Canadian government's treatment of the Aboriginal peoples of the nation. The paper explains that Canada's policy towards these people has been fraught with patriarchal, paternalistic, and colonial values so that even today many Canadians hold a racially-motivated resentment toward the aboriginal peoples. The paper then reviews the history of Canada's policy of international multilateralism in the face of America's foreign aggression. The paper stresses that Canada and the US always have had a cliched love-hate relationship with each other, which is reflected in its foreign policies.

Table of Contents:
First Nations Policy
Foreign Relations Policy

From the Paper
"In the past Canada followed Britain's lead when it came to foreign policy; they fought in World Wars I and II under the British aegis. Canada has also been a compulsive and active joiner of international organizations. For example, they were one of the first members of the United Nations, one of the founders of the IMF and World Bank, and one of the first signers of NATO. To this end, Canada has always embraced a global policy much in keeping with international multilateralism."

Tags:aboriginal treaties referendum, international multilateralism, trade relations

Abstract
The paper shows how the focus of the government and the religious organizations responsible for detaining and using ethnicity and race as a policy for killing, maiming, and dislocating minority peoples is a debate that has very real historical merit. The paper discusses how this provides a definition of the interactive manner in which the Canadian government took a distinctly racist stance against aboriginal peoples, and along with other religious organizations, defined these people as being terminated due to their skin color and ethnic background.

Tags:canada, minority, sociology

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This paper explains how the Canadian government has acted to appease First Nation citizens and examines the history of the First Nation people from a political standpoint. The writer then discusses how the current self-government legislation fails to fully address the self-government needs of Canada's Indigenous people.

Outline:
Introduction
Federal Government Legislation Regarding Native Canadians
Current Aboriginal Self-Government Legislation
Assembly of First Nations: History of Aboriginal Struggle
The Rights of Aboriginal Canadians to Self-Govern
Conclusion: Rectify the Aboriginal Self-Government Problem

From the Paper
"Under the federal Indian Act, the Canadian government defines an Indian as "a person who, pursuant to this Act, is registered as an Indian or is entitled to be registered as an Indian" (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada [INAC], "Federal Programs"). In particular, the program is used to administer benefits to individuals registered in the Indian Register (that is, those who have attained "Registered Indian Status") under the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). But how efficient is the program in addressing the needs of First Nation Canadians? With current legislation being more of a concession to the injustices indigenous Canadians have faced since the European invasion, the Federal and provincial governments have ignored one of the basic rights of the Indigenous people - that is, the right of self-government."

Tags:indigenous, people, legislation, struggle, development

Abstract
This paper discusses the recent apology given by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Aboriginal people of Canada for the residential school system. According to the paper, this was an important step forward in achieving harmonious race relations within Canada. The apology was graciously received, and was surely a stellar day in Canadian history.

From the Paper
"Memorandum regarding Aboriginal Policy MEMORANDUM To: The Honourable Chuck Strahl Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern, Development and Federal Interlocutor for MAfA(c)tis and Non-Status Indians, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. From: YOUR NAME, Advisor to The Honourable Chuck Strahl Re: Problems in Aboriginal Education Issue..."

Tags:aboriginal, education, residential

Abstract
This essay will argue that the capacity of society to "normalize" exclusion, and ignore the realities of "difference", with respect to the construction of family units is reflected in, and reinforced by, state policies. Indeed, it may be argued that the state is the primary player in ensuring the continuing marginalization of "non-traditional" family units among gays and lesbians, Aboriginals, peoples of colour and single-parent families.