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When the Indian Act was establised the goverment was able to control many aspectsof First Nations peoples lives. Indians could only win the right to vote by renouncing their Indian status.
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Resedential schools were church run,goverment funded schools. The Goverment took indian children from their homes and forced them to go to these schoos. The children were not able to practice their language or traditions and they were not able to see their families.There were 130 residential schools across Canada.
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When Chinese labourers are no longer needed for work , the Chinese Immigration Act sets a head tax of $50 on every Chinese person entering Canada, later in 1903 the head tax was increased to $500 per person.
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Teachers were not allowed to give billingual instrction. For most children who had only learned French this was very hard for them. Teachers would sometimes teach their french lessons in secret.
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During the Adoption Scoop thousands of First Nations and Metis children were taken away from their families and put up for adoption without their families consent. The Goverment belived that the children would be raised better by white people.
