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The French and British made contact with the First Nations community in eastern "Canada". They accidentally brought over a lot of disease with them which resulted in the death of several First Nations. This is also when they started to engage with fur trade.
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The British and French engaged in a war for land, taking different tribes from the First Nations to help each side. This created somewhat of a drift between the First Nations, as they were now fighting against tribes with whom they'd been in peace with and also coexisted with for a long time.
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Due to the Europeans bringing lots of disease and hunting them off, the population of the bison went from 30 million to about 1000. https://gsasandhu.wixsite.com/blogs https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_5H2yQ07-0GBu0rje69SrUBvvFBpY7fokdOk2Qyn-gk/edit
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The reserve system becomes implemented, becoming a clear way to divide up the land between the Indigenous and the Europeans. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-92_FqotnuvqbPGTFhmNu6ceMmrj6SmqXkbj0z7Ccy0/edit
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The First Residential School, Mohawk Residential School, opens. Becoming a school strictly for Indigenous students.
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Canada officially becomes a country after 3 seperate colonies in Canada are united.
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Canada provides a number of treaties of terms and agreements between the Canadians and Indigenous. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YlYr5m1B6p1OOtz0HG9Qz1GDpx7dHDyG6jpN2FyxSc8&authuser=1
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The Indian Act was implemented, an act which dictated the circumstances under which Indigenous people could gain citizenship.
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Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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The residential school system becomes established and is made mandatory for all Indigenous children to attend.
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There was an official ban placed on potlucks, cultural ceremonies and belongings. This resulted in a legal concequences in case someone Indigenous decided to wear their cultural wear or belongings as well as engage in any cultural practices.
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A formal agreement was made between the Canadian government and the curches to run residential schools.
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After the Canadian government asked Dr. Bryce to conduct a report on the residential schools of Canada, his report concluded that the residential schools were terrible. After reporting back to the government, he was fired.
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The residential school system makes it mandatory for all children to attend up to the age of 16.
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The second horrific world war.
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The Inuit tribe, which were living up north, were also made to adopt the residential school system
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