Throughout this course, my overall perspective of First Peoples has changed more sympathetically because I am more able to understand the Cultural Identity and horrible past that the First Peoples went through. Many topics were covered such as residential schools, and political events, and we even heard about personal stories. These individual stories were the events that fully provided a deeper understanding and connection for me as they were genuine stories that real people had experienced. Presentations like the survivor presentation and the story about the residential school reimbursement demonstrate how little the government cared about the people and the processes. As time has continued, it has thankfully become a much better living experience for First Peoples, with graduation rates and increased numbers of First Peoples going to school and sharing their culture that displays their identity, which I can now understand in learning through this course.