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)
Your explanation at the beginning is a bit unclear but you look like you have good facts under each definition. Try to structure your answer like this: Here is what the law says is Genocide, here are the things Canada did that fits that definition.
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