Cases that Proves what Canada Did To Aboriginals That Was Considered Genocide

Was Genocide really bad to the aboriginals? 

Canadian Criminal Code had lots of reason's of why Genocide was bad. I know from the Canadian side that lot's of theft and destruction happened, which also went along with alcohol and sexual abuse. By the Canadians it was actually not really bad according to the UN Convention. In the Canada state most children followed their traditions and family members so these things grew. Children had to go to residential schools and that meant they would lose there language and culture. 

The UN Convention was worse, because lot's of disease and deaths happened as well as sexual abuse and alcohol. There was lot's of violence and crime and a high rate of healing that was involved. Lot's of people were fed poorly and all the kids had to go to residential schools to learn the European culture, but genocide was really bad there and families could only see their kids once a year. Genocide was a major problem for the Aboriginals and everything had to come to a stop, but people kept on getting hurt and doing stupid things like being drunk. Children that were removed from their families also lost there language and culture. 

 

Quotes/Examples

Canadian Criminal Code:

(a) killing members of the group

The theft of indigenous lands and resources, along with the destruction of indigenous cultures and societies. (dominionpaper.ca/articles/1928)

(b) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction.

Aside from identifying notorious cases like that of the Archbishop Hubert O'Connor--who was convicted of rape and indecent assault against two young aboriginal women and who can easily be tarred in Harper's statement--the perpetrator of the crimes

Generations of physical and sexual abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, continued child apprehension by branches of the Canadian state, alarming rates of suicide. (dominionpaper.ca/articles/1928)

Un Convention On Genocide:

(a) Killing members of the group;

Other experiences reported from Survivors of residential schools include sexual and mental abuse, beatings and severe punishments, overcrowding, illness, children forced to sleep outside in the winter, the forced wearing of soiled underwear on the head or wet bed sheets on the body, use of students in medical experiments, disease and in some cases death. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

Aboriginal communities are still in need of healing with high rates of substance abuse, violence, crime, child apprehension, disease, and suicide. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

It is important to note that guilt for this crime lies not only with the individuals who committed specific crimes against indigenous people (i.e., sexual assault, physical violence, forced removal.) (dominionpaper.ca/articles/1928) Many students were forced to do Manual labour, and were fed poor quality food. There are many accounts of students being provided moldy, maggot-infested and rotten foods. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

It was a system designed “to kill the Indian in the child.” (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48) Students were forbidden to speak their language or practice their culture. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

Aboriginal communities are still in need of healing with high rates of substance abuse, violence, crime, child apprehension, disease, and suicide. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

It is important to note that guilt for this crime lies not only with the individuals who committed specific crimes against indigenous people (i.e., sexual assault, physical violence, forced removal.) (dominionpaper.ca/articles/1928)

Many Aboriginal children were taken from their homes, often forcibly removed and separated from their families by long distances. Others who attended residential schools near their communities were often prohibited from seeing their families outside of occasional permitted visits. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)

The removal of children from their homes also prevented the transmission of language and culture, resulting in the fact that many Aboriginal people no longer speak their language or are aware of the traditional cultural practices. (1000conversations.ca/?page_id=48)