September 16th, 2018

Q1) In the fifth chapter “The Truth About Stories”, King brings to our attention the unjust government legislations that were established by the Canadian and American government in attempt to pillage Indigenous peoples of their identity and land. King denotes how the legislations main purpose was to “relieve” Indigenous people of their land and to “legalize” Indigenous people “out of existence”. For instance, the Indian Act passed by the Canadian government made it so that Indigenous women who married a non-Indigenous individual lost their status as being “Indian”. This was one of many ways…