HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: English Language In England, Settler Colonialism, Innu
25 Oct 2016
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Arrival of europeans = crisis between first nations and their culture. Some people say aboriginal ppl annd white colonies co-existed and benefited from eachother. How did we find copper in new brunswick burial grounds for abrogiinals (they didn"t have copper) they traded it among themselves. Alexander mackenzie reaches the pacific 12yrs before lewis and clark. Europeans brought technological marbles in the eys of the aboriginals. Aborginal ppl dominated over europeans in the trades, asked them to respect their and obey their customs for trade not the other way around. Montoagnais indidians better known as innu people. Whanted to establish metaphorical kin ship relationship called eachother brothers way to make equality while trading. 18th century representative reffered to as fathers. French perspective father meant ultimate authority over children/ppl etc. Aboriginal perspective of father - no power like that over his children or their ppl. French tried to impose their authority but aboriginals didn"t give in.
