Wasted lives and wounded people. (Native Americans in Canada)(Native People - Social Conditions)

From: Canada and the World Backgrounder | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Native people die younger than other Canadians. In a morbid way, that's the good news. The reason is that living conditions for many of Canada's First Nations are so dreadful that an early death might seem like a happy release. And, that's an attitude that bedevils many young aboriginals; the future seems so bleak and hopeless that suicide becomes an attractive option.

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples speaks to this problem. In a draft 1995 report, the Commission points out that Native people kill themselves at about three times the rate of non-natives. For aboriginal ...

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