Essays on Indigenous People

During World War I, Canada’s Indigenous and First Nations communities had always been the target for racism by European settlers. The novel ​Three Day Road​, written by critically acclaimed author, Joseph Boyden uses the literary lens of critical race theory to further focus on racism...

The Māori is a group of people indigenous to New Zealand with origins dating back to the 14th century. Thought to have come from Polynesia, the Māori have cultivated the land and grown their culture in New Zealand for over 400 years. The Māori are...

National apologies to Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA have been long-debated as to whether they were sincere or just symbolic. Official apologies are often used as mechanisms to address human rights abuses. Intended to change intergroup relations by correcting the...

Child development is an interactive process. Every child behaves differently in this world. Children receive specific inputs from their environment because of different cultures during their growth. There is a great cultural difference in children thinking as well as in behavior. Parents in different cultures...

Cultural appropriation is constantly hitting headlines. Every day: another story, another controversy, another issue. Cultural appreciation is where elements of a culture are used while honouring, respect and valuing the source. In contrast of this, cultural appropriation is where the culture is taken from people...

Although New Zealand was originally discovered by a Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman in 1642, his crew were shortly killed by the native Maori warriors seeing the intrusion as an attack. It was not until 1840 that British naval captain, William Hobson, formally annexed the Bay...

Present-day New Zealand is being shaped by the Treaty of Waitangi, signed on 6 February 1840 by more than 500 Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown, named after the place called “Waitangi” in the heart of the bay of islands, where it was...

During the period of the late 1830s, it was noted that there was an increasing population of British immigrants entering and settling in New Zealand. As a result of the substantial influx of British migrants, there was a great demand for land in order to...

Canada is a country known across the globe for its kindness, politeness, and general acceptance of all ethnicities. However, there is a quite discrepancy between the indigenous and the non-indigenous population in Canada. The discrimination of the aboriginal population can be attributed to the imperialistic...

Active citizenship is crucial in achieving a thriving democratic society where all members of the community’s needs and concerns are heard and addressed. Active citizenship refers to the participation of citizens in activities that promote and maintain democracy. These activities range from the local level...