CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Battle Of Beaver Dams, Numbered Treaties, Indian Act

• School: Brock University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CANA 1F91
• Professor: Briande Ruiter

Document Summary

First nations" role in the development of canada: Fur trade (cannot view first nations as passive victims) Military (war of 1812, battle of queenston heights, battle of beaverdams) Viewed as being savage or depicted in a romanticized way (pocahontas) Grant once said, as the indian has no chance of existence except by conforming to civilized ways, the sooner that the government or the. Christian people awake to the necessity of establishing schools among every tribe the better . Cede, release, surrender and yield up to the government all their rights, titles, and privileges whatsoever . The experience of the united states is the same as our own as far as the adult indian is concerned. He can be taught to do a little at farming, at raiding stock, and to dress in a more civilized manner, but that is all.