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Term Paper Title	First Nations
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First Nations

[Category]:

Social Issues

[Paper Title]:

First Nations

[Text]:

This essay will discuss the historical social aspects of Aboriginal peoples
in

Canada. Some topics include self-government of aboriginal, Health Care,
Education,

Native Organizations, and the way of life for an aboriginal person. These are
all very

important factors in the life of a status Indian, or native person. Every
native person has

to deal with these situations and institutions every day. Some living on the
reserve, and

others off, they all need health care and education, but some of the
institutions,

organizations, and government are not the same as a white Canadians. Their
social

conditions on and off the reserve, are completely different from our own.

In the days before European domination, aboriginal peoples chose their own

leaders according to their own traditions. This gave them rules that defined
their unique

institutions, or bands. Since then, aboriginal have had their own government.
This is

called self-government and means that the aboriginal peoples have a right to
govern

themselves as they decide, sharing power with the provinces. Although their
pattern of

government is somewhat different from our own, it is quite the same in the
fact that

today’s negotiations are very similar to those that took place over 130
years ago.

Controlling the land and its resources is a main point to the vision of
Indian

self-government. From the years 1980 and 1993, constitutional recognition of
aboriginal

self-government was the main goal of Indian band leaders. With this
recognition from

Canada, Aboriginal peoples would know that Canada has acknowledged them, and
their

right to govern themselves without the involvement of the provinces, along
with Ottawa.

Between 1970 and 1994 Ottawa spent more than $40 billion on a variety of
Indian

programs. Some of these include education, housing, and social assistance and
later on,

adding child welfare and policing.

In 1961, the life expectancy of Canada’s aboriginal people stood at
sixty-one

years. That is ten years less than the average Canadian life. In the 1960s,
health studies

showed that infant mortality rates stood at more than double the national
average.

Sexually transmitted diseases, accidental and violent deaths, alcohol abuse,
and teenage

pregnancies were all serious problems in aboriginal communities that the
government

had targeted for special attention. Although we don’t see this happening,
no...

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