Aboriginal Rights, Land Claims, and the Struggle to Survive

Aboriginal Rights, Land Claims, and the Struggle to Survive

Social Conditions are a National Disgrace

Aboriginal children are:

More likely to be born out of a stable family

Far less likely to complete high school

Far less likely to obtain a job

Far less likely to be self-sustaining (Bailey, 1992).

Aboriginal people have:

Higher rates of unemployment

Higher rates of incarceration

Shorter life expectancy

Campaign 2000 and Assembly of First Nations

4 in 10 First Nations children need basic dental care that they cannot afford

100 First Nation communities must boil their water

Mold contamination within half of First Nations homes

Diabetes is 3x more common than the ...