Through the legislature the people in power, the English, attempted to civilize the First Nations. Assimilate the minority, because just being one means that your cultures and values ​​are inferior to mine. In the 1820s the colonial administration's first attempt at assimilation took place at Lake Simcoe in Upper Canada. A group of Aboriginal people were encouraged to move to a colonial-style village where they would learn farming and be advised to become Christians. Due to poor management, underfunding and a lack of understanding of Aboriginal cultures and values, the experiment was a major failure. It certainly didn't stop there. In 1876 the Canadian government introduced the Indian Act. It is “… the principal statute through which the federal government administers Indian status, First Nations local governments, and the management of reserve lands and municipal funds” (Parrot, 2006 ). First Nations must be granted Indian status, a legal recognition of a person's First Nation heritage. This alone demonstrates the difference between the government and Aboriginal people living on reserves. The difference between the First Nations and the Canadian government, in this case, shows their power relationships quite well. “Those who hold the most power in society – whatever its definition – are in the strongest position to define the realities of difference and thus create and recreate systems of domination and power that determine where and how much important resources such as income, wealth and access to education and healthcare is distributed” (Perry, 2011, p.24). This means that the powerful Canadian government can oppress the minority of Native Indians living on reserves through this highly controlling legislature. Furthermore, the language is also not entirely correct. To elaborate, the use of the word “Indian” is commonly seen as derogatory. This may be obvious bigotry, which is “…the derogatory language that it is