Sentences with phrase «encouraged permanent settlement»
The Indian Treaties and the Homestead Act of the 1830's and 40's encouraged permanent settlement of the area and Asa Dunton filed three claims in 1837.
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Their problem has been that, having been encouraged to come here on a programme leading to settlement (permanent residence), the rules of the programme and their eligibility for employment were suddenly changed and they found themselves facing the prospect of having to leave the country.
As a result, it became increasingly difficult for Denesuline to support themselves by their traditional hunting and trapping economies, especially after the Second World War, when government policies encouraged Aboriginal peoples to resettle in permanent administrative settlements, where most live today.