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Early Government Interactions with First Nations
"The Royal Proclamation of 1763 laid down the basis for how colonial administration would interact with First Nations peoples in the centuries that followed." This period of time had a mildly negative impact on the First Nations as it was the 'early stage' of the Indian Act. The reason for The Royal Proclamation was to begin assimilating
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Instatement of the Indian Act
The Indian Act was for the sole purpose of assimilating and controlling First Nations people. This act enabled the government full power over indigenous activities, ceremonies, political involvement language, and education, and in short, prohibited First Nations from expressing their culture and identity. The act was made to take the variations of tribes and peoples and make them all forcefully adopt a Euro-Canadian identity.