1. Aboriginal Culture

2. Native peoples wanted 2 things fom Treaties:
1) Self sufficiency for economic base - have access and control of land to support themselves i.e. to be able to fish and hunt 2) Self governance - to govern and rule themselves and land Canada has a history of treaties dating back to 1665

3. What went wrong 1) Loss of Self-sufficiency and Economic Base
- Free access to land was basis of traditional life
- Reserves were not large enough, resources dwindle
-2360 reserves = km2 , Natives = .3% of Canada’s land
- Choice for Natives, stay on reserve where there is nothing, or move to city = abandoning culture

4. What went wrong
2) Lack of Self Government - Natives were not given a right to govern themselves -Iroquois had one of the oldest democracies in the world -Canadian government forced Native children into Residential Schools, where children taken from home and sent to learn in cities - Taught the mainstream Canadian values -Punished for speaking Native language or practicing their own culture

5. Problems with Treaties
- Treaties were unfair (favored Europeans) -Differences between what the Natives thought they were signing and what they signed -Promises broken (money, reserve rights to hunting and fishing) -Governments interfered with the decisions made on reserves