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Charles II gave a group of adventurers a trade monopoly on Rupert's land.
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A policy called aggressive assimilation was passed which was the start of the residential schools
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Trading posts were developed and the people running them were encouraged to cheat their customers.
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Rupert's land was sold without the indigenous people's approval.
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1500 Chinese people were allowed into the country to work on the railroad.
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The railroad was finished and people wanted to send the Chinese people back.
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A tax of $50 was put on every Chinese person entering the country.
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The head tax increased to $500 a person
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Ottawa passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which did allow any Chinese people into the country, and every person of Chinese ancestry had to register
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Nutritional experiments were performed on malnourished students of residential schools with the full knowledge of the federal government.
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CPR fired all of the Japanese Canadians working for them. Their fishing boats and radios were seized.
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Men of Japanese descent were taken to camps in the interior to work.
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Japanese Canadian families were taken to livestock barns. After that they were taken to camps and were put to work for very little money and the lived and worked in terrible conditions.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed.
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The federal government authorized the sale of all seized property without the owner's consent.
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People of Chinese ancestry were given the right to vote.
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The nutritional experiments end
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A new way of choosing immigrants based on merit and not country of origin.
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The united church of Canada apologized to the indigenous people.
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The multicultural act was passed which gave everyone the right to keep their cultural identities and allowed everyone to practice their religion.
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The united church of Canada apologized to the indigenous people.
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Formal apology by prime minister Brian Mulroney to the Japanese Canadian.
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Phil Fontaine started calling for the churches to acknowledge the abuse done to the students of the residential schools.
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Archbishop Michael Peers from the Angelican church of Canada apologized to the indigenous people.
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Four leaders of Presbyterian church signed a statement of apology to the indigenous people.
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The last of the residential schools were closed.
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The aboriginal healing foundation was founded.
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The prime minister Stephen Harper apologized to the Chinese Canadian people.
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The federal government formalized a compensation packet for the students of residential schools.
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Prime minister Stephen Harper apologized to the indigenous people.
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The Truth and Reconciliation commission was established.
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Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sorrow about what happened to to the indigenous people.
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Federal funding for the aboriginal healing foundation ended.
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1.6 billion dollars were payed representing 105,548 cases