Up until and during the last hundred years , thousands of Native American and First Nations children from many different communities were sent into the Canadian Indian residential school system , and Indian boarding schools in an effort to destroy tribal languages , cultures and beliefs . The Trail of Tears , in the US , forced Native Americans to relocate from their traditional homes . Canadian laws enacted in 1982 , and henceforth , have attempted to reverse previous attempts at extinguishing Native culture
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Shamanism