Learn about the Indian Act and government policies, and their lasting impact on Malahat communities. This module also includes Indian Hospitals, Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, child welfare systems, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Please note this content may be difficult for Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners, but this painful history demonstrates the strength and resilience of Indigenous people.
* Indigenous staff may choose to skip any lesson in this module and still receive a course completion certificate. Skipped lessons are marked complete and can be accessed at any time.
The Indian Act
The Indian Act: It’s Ongoing Impact on First Nations
1 of 4
Band Council System
2 of 4
Enfranchisement – A Tool for Forced Assimilation
3 of 4
Indigenous Veterans; Equals on the Battlefield, but not at Home
4 of 4
Government Restrictions & Systems
Indian Agent System
1 of 11
Naming Policies
2 of 11
Spiritual & Legal Restrictions
3 of 11
Reserve Pass System
4 of 11
Peasant Farm Policy
5 of 11
The Permit System
6 of 11
Food Fish Permit System
7 of 11
Indian Hospitals
8 of 11
Compulsory and Coerced Sterilization in Canada
9 of 11
The Strength and Struggle of Indigenous Women
10 of 11
Whites Only
11 of 11
Residential Schools
Residential School Survivors Stories
1 of 4
Residential Schools
2 of 4
Schools Begin Closing
3 of 4
Missing Children & Unmarked Graves & Burial Sites
4 of 4
Sixties Scoop & Child Welfare System
The Sixties Scoop
1 of 3
Child Welfare System & Birth Alerts
2 of 3
Don’t Look Away
3 of 3
MMIWG
Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
1 of 1
Coping Strategies & Impacts of Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational Trauma
1 of 4
Coping Strategies and Impacts for Indigenous Peoples
2 of 4
Coping Strategies for Non-indigenous Canadians
3 of 4
Lasting Effects of the Colonial History in Canada
4 of 4
Learning Reflections
Learning Reflections
1 of 1