HLSC 3820U Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Terra Nullius, John Cabot, Indian Register
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Indigenous people who remain the earliest inhabitants of a place or land. Colonization establishing a colony or group in a new land: resulted in negative impacts to indigenous communities. 1600s: french jesuit missionaries first attempt to convert first nations people to christianity, contagious disease came about. 1800s: residential school systems, indian act by federal government, depicted who was indian and who was not. 1945: department of indian affairs transfers it health care portfolio to. 1969: indian act is terminated, still 135 residential schools open. 1980s: indigenous communities want to access healthcare services. 1985: bill c-31 allows a status indian woman to marry a non-status. Indian man: government of canada initiates apology to first nation"s peoples, cihr establish institute of indigenous people"s health, first national food guide was produced for first nations communities. John cabot commissioned by king henry vii to find a safe trade passage to china, however he found newfoundland, cape breton, and nova scotia.
