Slide 1 (Social Project 2022)
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- Creating the Indian Act can fulfill the Treaty promises our way, so that the Indians can fit in with our society
- Thats sounds like a GREAT idea!
- This is your new home!
- since when... u didn't include us in this decision..
- we promised settlers land, their going to have to move...
- The Indian Act was enacted by Parliament in 1876 as a means of ensuring Treaty rights, but it is truly intended to assimilate the First Nations' culture. The Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, played a major role in deciding what would be included in the Act.
- They really gave us the worst land they could find...wow.
- exactly we can't grow crops on this land. What were they thinking!
- The Indian Act was created without the First Nation's input even though it affected them the most. Each reserve is assigned an Indian Agent whose responsibility is to decide how the government will fulfill its duties.
- Now that I taught you how to farm, it's all on you. It's your job now.
- uh..ok then.
- Already occupied land is promised to settlers, so the Indian Act creates reserves for the Indigenous people to stay on instead, to make room for the newcomers. Reserves are land that the federal government has put aside for the First Nations to utilize.
- we need a permit now? But isn't selling crops a basic right...
- no idc, go home if you don't have one!
- You have a permit for this...?
- Reserves are often located on lands that are unsuitable for agriculture so the settlers could get access to the best land.
- Indian agents and farm instructors taught the First Nations how to farm on their land. The First Nations are often very successful with farming and sometimes even outdo the settlers since farming certain crops aren't new to them...
- This threatened the settlers' sales, so to protect it the government made a permit system. Where the First Nations need a permit for agriculture. Settlers are prohibited from buying goods from the First Nations. The permit system ensures that the First Nations could only obtain a minimum amount of crops.
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