Learn more about the Indian Act and government policies, and their lasting impact on Klahoose communities. This course also includes Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, child welfare systems, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Please note this content may be difficult for Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners, but this painful history demonstrates the strength and resilience of our people.
The Indian Act
Support Resources
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The Indian Act
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Band Council System
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Enfranchisement – A Tool for Forced Assimilation
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Indigenous Veterans – Equals on the Battlefields, but Not at Home
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Restrictions and Systems
Indian Agent System
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Spiritual & Legal Restrictions
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Indian Shaker Church
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Reserve Pass System
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Peasant Farm Policy
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The Permit System
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Food Fish Permit System
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Indian Hospitals
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Compulsory and Coerced Sterilization in Canada
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The Strength & Struggle of Indigenous Women
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Whites Only
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Residential Schools
Survivor Stories
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History of Indian Residential Schools in Canada
2 of 4
Schools Begin Closing
3 of 4
Missing & Murdered Children & Unmarked Graves, Incinerations and Burial Sites
4 of 4
Sixties Scoop and Child Welfare System
The Sixties Scoop
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Child Welfare System & Birth Alerts
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Don’t Look Away
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MMIWG
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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Coping Strategies & Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational Trauma
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Coping Strategies & Impacts for Indigenous People
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Coping Strategies for Non-indigenous Canadians
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Lasting effects of the colonial history in Canada
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TRC
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Learning Reflections
Learning Reflections
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