Māori people peaceful tribes from their productive turangawaewae, such as the Moriori in the Chatham Islands by invading forces from North Taranaki, had a catastrophic effect on these conquered tribes. At the same time, the Māori suffered high mortality rates for new Eurasian infectious diseases, such as influenza, smallpox and measles, which killed an unknown number of Māori: estimates vary between ten and fifty percent. The spread of epidemics resulted largely from the Māori lacking acquired immunity to the new diseases. A huge influx of European settlers in the 1870s increased contact among many of the indigenous people with the newcomers. Te
Indigenous police in Canada Indigenous police in Canada Indigenous Police in Canada are police forces responsible for public order on First Nations across Canada. The Canadian federal government created First Nations police forces to provide greater sensitivity to the needs and issues of policing in First Nations communities. Past conflicts, including some resulting in deaths of aboriginal citizens, have created tension between non-aboriginal police forces and aboriginal people. In 1992, the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (FNCPA) was created to co-ordinate input from other police forces in dealing with aboriginal policing issues. A list of First Nations police forces: City police forces have