What was the reaction from Aboriginal peoples to the apology?

What was the reaction from Aboriginal peoples to the apology?

Many who worked for years with the hope of hearing an apology felt that it might have been the beginning of a new era. Private Indigenous citizens also reacted to the apology, and their responses varied from awe to confusion, and from acceptance to apprehension.

How did the First Nations react to the French?

France saw Indigenous nations as allies, and relied on them for survival and fur trade wealth. Indigenous people traded for European goods, established military alliances and hostilities, intermarried, sometimes converted to Christianity, and participated politically in the governance of New France.

What were the effects on the First Nations peoples?

The European newcomers destroyed their way of life. They harmed the environment by hunting and killing the entire population of bison, thus depleting the main food source for First Nations. First Nations have lost approximately 98% of their land and were forced to live in isolated reserves.

Why did the government Apologise to the Aboriginal population?

On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples, particularly to the Stolen Generations whose lives had been blighted by past government policies of forced child removal and Indigenous assimilation.

How did the government react to residential schools?

The government now recognizes that the consequences of the Indian residential schools policy were profoundly negative and that this policy has had a lasting and damaging impact on aboriginal culture, heritage and language . . .

How did Indian Act affect First Nations?

The oppression of First Nations women under the Indian Act resulted in long-term poverty, marginalization and violence, which they are still trying to overcome today. Inuit and Métis women were also oppressed and discriminated against, and prevented from: serving in the Canadian armed forces.

How did the First Nations help Canada?

First Nations peoples had settled and established trade routes across what is now Canada by 1,000 BC to 500 BC. Communities developed, each with its own culture, customs, and character.