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By jas10
  • 1500

    European Settlers

    European Settlers
    • French
    • British
    • Fur trade
    • Eastern "Canada"
    • Death by disease -First Nations
  • Period: 1500 to

    Fur Trade

    Hudson's Bay Company
  • Period: to

    Seven Years War

    British VS French ---> First Nations
  • Royal Proclamation

    Royal Proclamation
  • Destruction of Bison

    Destruction of Bison
    From 30 million bison to 1000 bison
  • Reserve System

    Reserve System
  • Mohawk Residential School

    Mohawk Residential School
  • Gradual Civilization Act

    Gradual Civilization Act
  • Confederation

    Confederation
    Canada 150!
  • Gradual Enfranchisement Act

    Gradual Enfranchisement Act
  • Period: to

    Numbered Treaties

  • Indian Act

    Indian Act
    (First Nations only)
  • Period: to

    CPR Railway

  • Residential School System

    Residential School System
    "all First Nations children
  • Ban

    Ban
    Ban all Potlach & other expressions of culture
  • Church & Government agreement

    Church & Government agreed to run residential schools
  • Dr.Bryce

  • School Change

    School was made compulsory for all First Nations up to the age of 15
  • Residential Schools for Inuit

  • UN Convention

    UN convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  • Indigenous People's Rights

    Indigenous people got the right to vote
  • 1960's - 60's Scoop

    Indigenous children, foster care
  • Expanded Residential Schools for Innuit

  • "White paper"

    Pierre Elliot Trudeau (Pappa Trudeau)
  • "Red Paper"

  • Period: to

    Churches start apologizing about residential schools

  • RCAP

    Establishment of Royal Commission on Indigenous Peoples
  • RCAP releases report

    Last residential school closed
  • Creation of Nunavut

  • Lawsuit filed

    Lawsuit filed by residential school survivors
  • Settled the Lawsuit

  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission

  • Prime Minister Stephen Harper "apologizes"

  • TRC release the report

    94 Calls to Action
  • Settlement to 60's scoop survivors

  • Justin Trudeau announces "framework"

    JT announces a "framework" for working with Indigenous Peoples
  • 2018 and on

    Indigenous have higher suicide rates - higher rate of incarceration - lower life expectancy - more health problems - Indigenous Women - MMIW - Assaulted - Raped - Kidnapped - Murdered