Each individual constitutes society as it is, and various characteristics and beliefs constitute an individual. Although individuals live together with a variety of personal ideologies, emotions, cultures and rituals, they all differentiate one person from another and constitute their own identity. This identity constitutes who we are inside and out, our behavior, actions and words come from our own practices and values. However, the deep history of indigenous peoples today raises questions about their identity. Who are they really? Do we, the non-natives, judge them from the outside or from the inside? Whether society or government is involved in their lives, they face all forms of discrimination. They were discriminated against and left their values ​​at the residential school, outside of the general population, and faced discrimination based on gender. Many non-native government policies took place in their lives and shaped their new unwanted identity, which was followed by the natives, but was it followed by them deep within? We can't agree on whether to act verbally and follow them physically, and if it was verbally and physically the results would have been different. However, in this case the results were appalling, as only physical force was used by non-Indigenous people to get Indigenous people to follow the Euro-Canadian way of life. Through “policies of emancipation” (Warry 103), Indigenous people were required to give up their identity – their status and culture – to gain particular human rights that were granted to other Canadians (Warry 103). Government policies played a major role in reshaping their identity, stripping away what they were born and raised with to learn something new, not just learn... middle of paper... and keep him among them. To understand another person, one must live the life they live and to do this, teachers, if not the government, should educate and develop activities that will help indigenous and non-indigenous students experience a new identity and develop their identify. a new knowledge to those already acquired. Their stories should be hidden in old textbooks, under the dust or inside these individuals, but they should be brought to the attention of the general public. Works Cited Cannon, Martin John and Lina Sunseri. “Revisiting histories of legal assimilation, racialized injustice, and the future of Indian status in Canada.” Racism, colonialism and indigenous people in Canada: a reader. Don Mills, Ont. : OUP, 2011Warry, Wayne. “Being Indigenous: Identity.” Ending denial: understanding Indigenous issues. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto, 2009.