RLG203H5 Lecture 6: Lecture 6
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The christia(cid:374) god had gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) the christia(cid:374) (cid:374)atio(cid:374)s the right to colo(cid:374)ize the la(cid:374)ds they (cid:858)disco(cid:448)ered(cid:859) as lo(cid:374)g as they converted the indigenous populations. The europeans were bringing the benefits of civilization (a concept that intertwined with christianity) to the (cid:858)heathe(cid:374)(cid:859: people were being colonized for their own benefit, either in this world or the next. Imperialists argued that the presence of indigenous people did not void a claim of tena nullis (empty land) Indigenous people are not part of canadian history: ca(cid:374)ada (cid:449)as (cid:858)e(cid:373)pty(cid:859) (cid:449)he(cid:374) europea(cid:374)s (cid:858)disco(cid:448)ered(cid:859) it. Indigenous people are the victims of history: terrible things happened to them, and they were passive victims of this violence.
