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In Canada, thousands of Indigenous children were separated from their families, ending up in church-run residential schools, where they were subjected to religious missionary, particularly by Catholic Church priests and nuns. They were also banned from speaking their own native language in a clear attempt to make them lose their cultural roots. Their names were also changed into European ones.
By converting Indigenous people into either Catholicism or Protestantism, two major religions in today’s secularist state of Canada, and teaching them English and French, two major languages in the North American country, Ottawa mapped out a plan of subjugation of its native populations.
Thousands of children died at these so-called 'schools', and lost everything, essentially cultural genocide.
Slavery was common in every part of the world. The American and Canadian Indians took slaves, committed genocide, every evil that is common to man.
You could say the same of every country in the world. We are different because we embraced individual freedom and responsibility as the corner stone of our society. Something England and Canada stills struggle with.
Yep. I'm reasonably sure the deal was forced on them. That's what happens when one nation is conquered by another. How fare back do you want to go?
It wasn't stolen it was conquered.DeSantis (a Florida native who earned a degree in History) said, "You have people that are teaching that the United States was built on stolen land. That is inappropriate for our schools; it's not true."
Ron is mistaken. In Florida, the US military forcefully drove 3000 Seminoles from the state.
I guess you'll be giving up your land then?
George Washington really seemed to dislike Indians. Probably something to do with betrayal and trying to kill him when he was a British officer fighting the French.
American colonies used the 'Doctrine of Discovery' against the Indian nations. Thomas Jefferson used the doctrine to exert American authority in the Louisiana Territory, to “conquer” the Indian nations. It began with the Founding Fathers. In 1787, Congress was given the power to regulate commerce with the Indians and to settle Treaties. Half a century later, Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Act of 1830. How can you say it wasn't stolen if your people had been living on the land for many millenia, negotiated treaties and then forcefully removed?
Unlike the rest of us mortals.
