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How Did The Indian Treaty Impact The First Nation Inuit And Metis's Culture

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The numbered treaties and Indian act have destroyed and negatively impacted the First Nation, Inuit, and Metis peoples culture and traditions. First, not only did the treaties sign off their rights, but they also started the terrible colonialism of the British and French. These numbers started out as a trick just so the British can have control over the rights of the indigenous. This also got the indigenous peoples living on reserves and obeying not a chief, but an Indian agent. Secondly, the Indian agents were a big part of the Indian act as the Indian agents dictated and controlled the indigenous peoples way of life and were also cruel. These people were the suppliers of food and resources for the indigenous and were barely given any food
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