The Fallen Feather - Kinetic Video

Further to this, J. A. McCrae an Indian agent and
future department superintendent stated.
"It is unlikely that any tribe or tribes would give
trouble of a serious nature to the government
whose members had children completely under
government control."
To prevent further Native unrest, the Government believed that it had to take
hostages.
Now land could be expropriated, treaties could be rolled back, and the railway
could be built.
What could the Native parents do while the Government held their children
A firm Indian policy was now in place, a policy that would strengthen the
Governments hand while negotiating land settlements. Though Ottawa’s
relationship with its indigenous population would change and adapt as time went
on. Its genesis and fundamental purpose was set original by the Macdonald
government. Claims to who owned the land would be settled by ending the First
Nations as a unique and definable people.
We now have today a Nation that was built at a horrible price. A price paid by
Indian Children. And the effects from which is still suffered today.
I learned how to cope with all this hard part of my
life. And I know other people of my age and even
younger, have gone through the same thing, feel
the same way. Our children, our young people
come first. And all this turmoil we went through at
the hands of people that were running this. I don’t
blame any church group. I just put the oweness
on the Government. Because they’re the ones
that I feel were ahead of all this turmoil that we
were subjected to. It was the Government that
used the churches.
Dr. Mary Thomas
To ensure that assimilation was successful eventually attendance to Residential
Schools would become mandatory for all aboriginal children between the ages of
7 and 15. And this would be enforced by the Indian Agents and RCMP.
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