Ethnic Conflict In The Early 20th Century Case Study

Ethnic Conflict in the 18th to early 20th Centuries

Overview of Conflict and Response During the 18th to early 20th centuries the two prominent developments in the livelihoods of indigenous peoples were the creation of the Indian Act and Residential schools. During this period however the ethnic conflict was no longer between Indigenous populations and settlers because the initial time of settler colonialism was over and was no longer pre-industrial. The ethnic conflict was between Settlers and Natives where Natives are indigenous peoples. While, this is the type which fits the conflict it does not one hundred percent fit the ethnic divide that occurred because many of the settlers in this case have been in the state for generations. The Indian

The reason why this response to ethnic diversity was probably used rather than one that further promoted indigenous rights was that the federal government did not want to further the rights of indigenous people. They no longer wanted to kill and eliminate the vast population however they were not willing to give indigenous people power to govern over themselves, share power with the federal government, or let indigenous people into a common area and secede. The probable reason for this would be that the federal government feared for the stability of the state, Canada was still new as the dominion of Canada was only created in 1867 which is only years before the Indian Act was written. The new federal government wanted to ensure that they were in control of the indigenous minority so that there would not be a surprise upbringing which is also the reason for assimilation in residential school, the Canadian government wanted to ensure that indigenous people would view themselves as Canadian and not something