HIST 3535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peculiar Institution, Eof, Slave Narrative
16 Jun 2020
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Use examples from vassa to argue >>>> how he was living. From that perspective of the person and what are his thoughts are influenced by the time he is living in and his expeirnce. Ananlzue what it can mean to us bias is important. Oral histories are credible sources and provide authentic testimonies that shape our vision of ____"s colonial history. Oral testimonies can critique the inaccuracies or differences in the canadian government and church written documents. settler cultures denied indigenous peoples the authority to tell their own histories from. To be indigenous was to be studied, examined, and categorized by non-indigenous scholars and audiences who assumed that indians did not have their own history. Non-indigenous scholars discounted the validity of indigenous oral history because. Indigenous people were seen as objects who lack the knowledge of their history. Placing all indigenous people into one category, which erases their identity, culture and history.
