[POLS 320] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!
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Canada, according to which the government would help them in their time of need. What john a. macdonald did was actually to withhold the food as long as they can. Bragging that he was keeping aboriginal people on the verge of starvation, and was saving the tax payers money. The other reason was that he wanted to build the. 1857 gradual civilization act if indigenous men over 23 to speak, write, read in. English or french, you would stop being an (cid:494)indian(cid:495) 1876 famine for the plain and wood cree people had a treaty with government of railway to the west and these (cid:494)indians(cid:495) were in the way. The intent at the time was to (cid:498)kill the indian, but save the man(cid:499) Sir john a. quoted as saying (cid:498)indians are mere savages(cid:499) What sir john a. did was systematically made aboriginal populations worst off. 1. 4 million aboriginal people today, which is 4% of the population.
