Truth & History
This section is direct. It talks about policies, systems, and violence. It is here so that no one can say they did not know.
When Europeans arrived, they acted as if the land was empty or belonged to the Crown by default. Treaties were used to take land and push Nations into smaller areas, often with broken promises. Many people living in Canada today have never read the treaty that covers the land under their own house or apartment building.
For over a century, Indigenous children were taken from their families and forced into residential and day schools. Many were abused. Many never came home. The goal was clear: erase languages, culture, and connection to land by targeting children.
Today, many Indigenous children are still taken from their families, just under different systems: child welfare, policing, criminal courts, and prisons. When you look at who fills jails and who loses their kids, the same pattern shows up again and again.
Beyond laws and policies, Indigenous people deal with racism in stores, hospitals, schools, and workplaces. Sometimes it is open. Sometimes it is quiet, like being ignored, followed, or never believed.
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Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people are far more likely to go missing or be killed than others. Families often have to push for basic attention, respect, and proper searches.
This crisis is connected to the same systems that made it seem normal to take children, move communities, and ignore Indigenous voices.
People come to Canada or the U.S. looking for safety, work, or a better life. But that better life is built on land taken from Indigenous Nations.
