Colonization Introduction

Colonization is a large topic spanning many more facets than most people realize. The purpose of colonization is wealth. Colonization in Canada was NEVER about helping Indigenous people. Indigenous Peoples where an inconvenient obstacle that was resolved by Crown assumed soveriegnty and a framework to extinguish pre-existing Indigenous soveriegnty, jurisdiction and Immemorial rights over land, resources and people.

To share an understanding of colonization in Canada, information has been broken into five topic areas and then further subdivided. These five areas are:

• Jurisdiction
• Rights
• Framework (architecture) of Colonization
• Assimilation