NO110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indian Act, North West Company, Theresa Spence
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Governor james knight she was one of a very high spirit and of the firmest resolution that ever i see any body in my days and of great courage and forecast. She suffered some disease from living in closed quarters. As she"s dying, she"s leaving instructions on how to build good relations between the two groups. What to learn from this life: significance of role of first nations in shaping canada, european attitudes and the potential for conflict. Impact of gender on development of relations between first nations and europeans. Importance of the fur trade as part of the economic development of canada. Original inhabitants migrated through asia through beringia, which used to exist: between 20 and 40 thousand years ago. Highest population concentration of canada has been along the west coast. 1000 bce, indigenous ppl occupied all of what is now canada migrated from west all the way to east.
