Indigenous Timeline

By samcapo
  • 1500

    European Settlers

    French
    British
    Fur Trade - Hudson’s Bay Company
    Eastern “Canada”
    Death by Disease
    First Nations
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    Seven Years War

    British(won) vs. French

  • Royal Proclamation

  • Destruction of Bison

    From 30 million to 1000 bison

  • Reserve System

  • Mohawk Residential School

  • Gradual Civilization Act

  • Confederation

  • Gradual Enfranchisement Act

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    Numbered Treaties

  • Indian Act

    First Nations Only

  • CPR Railway

    1881-1885

  • Establishes Residential School System

    For First Nations

  • Ban Potlatches and Cultural Ceremonies/ Belongings

  • Agreemene between Canadian gov. and Churches to run residential schools

  • Dr. Bryce

    Wrote a report on residential school but was fired because the Canadian gov. didn't want the true to be exposed
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    WW1

  • Residential Schools became mandatory for FN children up to age 16

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    WW2

  • Residential School for Inuit

  • Canada selectively ratifies UN Convention

  • Indigenous People have the right to vote

  • Civil Rights Movements

    Residential Schools start closing

  • 60s Scoop

    Indigenous children were put in foster care to be adopted by white Canadians

  • "White Paper"

    Pierre Eliott Trudeau

  • "Red Paper"

    Introduced by Indigenous people in place of the Indian Act although nothing was settled so the Indian Act remains in place to this day
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    Churches began apologizing

    except the Catholic Church

  • RCAP

    Royal Commission on Indigenous Peoples

  • RCAP releases report

    last residential school closes

  • Creation of Nunavut

  • Survivors of IRS launches a lawsuit

  • Lawsuit is settled

  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission formed

  • Stephen Harper "apologizes"

  • TRC creates 94 calls to action

    Indigenous People have
    - highest suicide rates
    - highest incarceration rates

  • Settlement for 60s scoop survivors

  • Trudeau announces new "framework' for Indigenous Issues