Topic > The Impact of Colonialism in Canada and North America

The racialization of poverty is concentrated among racialized groups such as Indigenous people and is inevitably socially constructed. Furthermore, “colonization is the word most often used to describe the experience of indigenous encounters with settler societies.” In countries like Canada, colonialism is the domination of indigenous people by European colonizers and the construction of their inferiority. Furthermore, “colonialism is the act of claiming sovereignty over the lands and resources of subject peoples.” (Burger, 2013). This shows that Aboriginal people are being targeted and have suffered terrible violence in the struggle for natural resources, lack of power and repression with States. Indeed, the more white settlers occupy, the more indigenous people are marginalized. Compared to the First Nation, a white settler society continues to be structured by a racial hierarchy. Race and identity are interrelated among groups particularly such as the First Nation. Most indigenous people still live in a society separate from the rest, but self-determination is quite essential. After enormous assimilation, even if they do not self-govern, self-determination as “the right to determine one's belonging; the right to protect one's culture and language; and the right to educate [their] children according to the values ​​of your people” (Coe, 1994). Although their identity is socially constructed, it is crucial for them to maintain their culture because they can identify themselves based on their interests and perspectives. Research by Eisenberg (2013) states that “in Canada, most indigenous actors have criticized the state for not being faithful to treaties and for not recognizing indigenous people's right to sovereignty and self-determination”. For example, he said they should have the right to survival