Self-Reflection on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis

Running head: SELF-REFLECTION ON FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND METIS 1
Self-Reflection on First Nations, Inuit, and Metis
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SELF-REFLECTION ON FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND METIS 2
Personal Thoughts on the Topic
From the research and various studies that have been conducted on the first nation, I
think it is necessary to examine the topic of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis. I believe that the First
Nations, Inuit and Metis experienced a lot of torture and humiliation due to separation of
children from their parents, cultural genocide, sexual and imposed religion, physical abuse, poor
sanitation, lack of medical care as well as high death rates that happened to them back in the 20th
century make this topic interesting (Bougie, Kelly-Scott & Arriagada, 2013). The first nation
consists of a designated group together with visible minority, women as well as people with both
mental and physical disability
My Judgment
Going through different articles of the first nations, Inuit and Metis, I think that the
Aboriginal Communities developed the tendency to abuse drugs and alcohol despite the adverse
health consequences of substance abuse (Poole, Chansonneuve & Hache, 2013). Additionally, I
found out that a large percentage of people from First Nations, Inuit and Metis are addicted to
pornography and gambling as compared to other communities living in Canada. From my
research, I discovered that Inuit and Metis continue to use and get addicted to the abusive
substances because of lack of education, laziness, and ignorance. Therefore this has led to the
deterioration of health, morals and slow development.
The main Issues
The major problem that First Nations, Inuit, and Metis are facing is the suicide problems.
According to the recent research carried out, it was discovered that suicide is the leading cause of
death for people of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis who are under 44 years of age. Having looked
at the information of various articles discussing the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis, I think that