A Fight for Recognition

Throughout history, Aboriginal people have suffered from discrimination and have been treated as “second­class” citizens in Canada. They were cast off into reserves and had their children torn away from them and sent to residential schools, where they were mistreated and deprived of a proper childhood... The Aboriginal community has long been fighting for their rights and for better treatment.
A Fight for Recognition

Andrew Clark-Alfaro

Grade 10

École secondaire publique De La Salle
Ottawa, Ontario

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