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Oppression was a stated goal of Canada’s Indian Act of 1857. The favored oppression strategy of the Indian Act was

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Aimed to eliminate First Nations culture forcing into Euro-Canadian society

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The Indian Act attempted to generalize a vast and varied population of people and assimilate them into non-Indigenous society. It forbade First Nations peoples and communities from expressing their identities through governance and culture.

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