HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Egalitarianism, Profit Motive
7 Dec 2014
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European traders: they controlled production and delivery of major exports to, they were militarily strong enough to expel the europeans who came over here had they wanted to, historians have abolished many myths regarding first nations history. Some myths: first nations as savages, noble or otherwise, first nations as simple, primitive peoples at peace with nature. Instead, we regard first nations as capable, key players in north. They were skilled negotiators, clever diplomats, and they were hard bargainers. Only a fool discounted aboriginal peoples as a formidable power in. North america: first nations societies as stable and unchanging; they"re always the same, first nations as intrinsically violent, war-like people. Did not seek to obliterate another people: consider this: in canadian history textbooks from not that long ago, after about 1604 in the book, it"s referred to as the history of new france.
