Community Development in Action in Thunder BayCanada is proud to have a cultural mosaic, appreciating every culture in the country. The idea of ​​the cultural mosaic strives to support an ethnically diverse nation, allowing communities to strengthen their social capital (Brown and Hannis, 2012). Unfortunately, Canadian history tells a different story. The historical oppression of Indigenous people by the Canadian government, on a macro level, has left the entire Indigenous culture with a social stigma. Today, in an attempt to provide relief, the Canadian government has established various support mechanisms to address the issue of oppression of Indigenous peoples (i.e. the Service's Indigenous Liaison Unit Thunder Bay Police Department) (Brown & Hannis, 2012). Created in 1876, the Indian Act reveals the complete opposite of a valorized cultural mosaic and exposes the Canadian government's initial desire to openly oppress Indigenous people through cultural imperialism (Brown and Hannis, 2012). With the attempted "domination of one culture over another by deliberate policy", indigenous peoples suffered many years of legalized racism, within many secondary structures of society; To this day, many people still refer to the indigenous community as the "Indian problem", a defamatory statement coming from Duncan Campbell Scott (na, nd). As Deputy Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, Scott, publicly denouncing an entire race, had a tremendous impact on the lives of generations of Native people. The establishment of residential schools "took [children] away from their families and sent them to boarding schools, where many were abused as part of the government's official policy to 'kill... middle of paper.' .... .. The Canadian government apologizes for abuses committed against indigenous peoples. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061100419.htmlJohn, E. (2009, July 2) Excerpt from Apology. in action: Edward John. Retrieved from http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7e574538-75e8-4e6e-9337-fae5c797599fFogarty, P. (May 21, 2010), Empowering Indigenous Youth. from http://mindyourmindpro.ca/resource-centre/enhancing-practice/485-empowering-aboriginal-youth-Na (2011). Gangs – Family, gangs and gangs as family. Retrieved from http://family.jrank. org/pages/674/Gangs-Family-Gangs-Gang-Family.html Thunder Bay Police Service (nd) Aboriginal Liaison Retrieved from http://www.thunderbay.ca/Police/Aboriginal_Liaison.htmQuotationsBook (nd) Quotes on authority. Retrieved from http://quotationsbook.com/quote/3574/