Indigenous Genocide. What is that? Genocide is the destruction of a ethnic, racial, religious, or national group of peoples. Indigenous people are the native people of a land that has been lived in for generations by the same people. I believe that governments all over the world are trying to completely assimilate all the natives peoples in their country. The governments also create boarding schools, reservations, and refugee camps to educate and protect the natives of the country.
The governments in most cases believe that they are helping the native community by protecting them by civilizing them and acculturating them into the societal norms. An example would be boarding schools. Boarding schools have been around since the late 1800’s; they have left many harmful marks on the lives of the survivors and their younger generations. There are many testimonials about the sexual, physical, and verbal abuse that was suffered by the Native Americans in the United States and Canada.
I think the goverments ideals have been skewed over time. The most current genocide is happening in Darfur, Sudan. I believe that the Native American genocide has been happening since 1492, the discovery that Christopher Columbus made.
Right now there is an association called Boarding School Healing Project here in the United States. In Canada, there is a project called HOPE Project. In Darfur, there are many associations that try to provide healthcare and translation for the residents of the refugee camps. I really would like to do volunteer work through places like the American Red Cross to help in the refugee camps.
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