CRISIS TOWARDS THE LOSS OF CHILDREN'S CULTURAL IDENTITY BY NICHOLAS HERMANN

By Nicholas Hermann | For Walling’s Blogspot | Posted May 10^th, 2019 | 11:06 AM

This is a photo of protesters fighting for indigenous children.

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Sixties Scoop - the 1960’s was a horrific time for the Indigenous child in Canada.   Back then government agents, literally swept young Indigenous boys and girls under the age five or lower away from their homes, families and communities.  The majority of these children were sent to white families. The children were treated fairly in the United States and towns throughout Canada.  A large number of children were adopted, while others stayed in the Foster Care system.  The removal of these children from their birth families caused both physical and emotional suffering. This has led to a loss of cultural identity.

When an Indigenous child is taken from their birth parents, most of them suffer from a loss of cultural identity. Now why in the world does cultural identity sound so critical? Depression, is a mental illness that is common for the Canadian population, however, the rate for First Nations people is twice the rate than the rest of the population. Studies have shown that it can lead to suicide {which is by the way a mental health challenge}.  Suicide can be caused by negative thinking, lose faith to one’s self, forget what defines to live humble and become human. The highest suicide rate is among our Indigenous populations. In 1999, there were 135 cases of suicide in our Inuit communities, and 24 First Nation cases as opposed to 12 cases for the rest of the Canadian population.  This is alarming and completely unacceptable.

If we want to see a change in the suicide rates of our Indigenous People, we all need to throw out the governments injustice system. We need protesters fighting for healthcare rights.  Every citizen should be mailing a complaint focusing on water purification on our countries reserves, proper housing needs to be addressed. Protesting the inequalities of our education system. Fighting the government for child welfare.  Somewhere, there must be a plan, a solution to focus on this emergency right now.  We citizens must every day and continuously push for and demand for ourselves and  others’ rights and freedoms, because come on, who doesn’t want these things for every human being. If they choose to do this they can start funding campaigns, hold community events, give a chance for a kid to become educated, send medical supplies, support reserves. It is up to us to hold our governments, both provincial and federal accountable.

Ok now going ask a general question from you, put it right down in the blog comments:

! You can choose not to answer!

·     If you’ve wanted to protest someone for the sixties Scoop act, what rights would you fight for? 

Works Cited

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixties-scoop

http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/visions/aboriginal-people-vol5/aboriginal-mental-health-the-statistical-reality

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/30/our-society-is-broken-what-can-stop-canadas-first-nations-suicide-epidemic