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There's a common misconception in Canada that Indigenous people don't pay taxes. In fact, fewer than half of all Indigenous people qualify for tax exemptions - and even less can actually use them. http://www.cbc.ca/1.2971040?cmp=abfb
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially recognized Canada’s historical abuses toward aboriginals, and he is now calling on the pope to apologize too.
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Buffalo kill in America. 1800s. military commanders were ordering their troops to kill buffalo not for food, but to deny native americans their own source of food and push them into reservation life. Where millions of buffalo once roamed, only a few thousand animals remained.
Slavery existed in Australia. Australia was built on Slavery. Aboriginal people taken prisoner after the 1926 Forrest Creek Massacre. From the book 'Blood on the Wattle' by Bruce Elder. MUST READ.