POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: James Bay Project, Terra Nullius, Aboriginal Title
12 Apr 2016
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Colonialism: refers to establishing, acquiring, and maintaining colonies, a colony being a human settlement i one area of the world whose settlers are under the control of a government in some other part of the globe. One of the reasons used to justify european colonialism was the principle of terra nullius meaning that the territory was not previously subjected to control by any other power. First nation: used to replace the word indian and refer to both status and non-status. Indians , but does not include metis or inuit. The fur trade was devastating for the aboriginal peoples, totally disrupting their way of life and introducing new diseases such as smallpox that reduced the population. Royal proclamation of 1763: divided up the territory acquired by britain aboriginal rights were clearly defined. Voluntary cession: a treaty between the crown and the aboriginal people concerned. Indian act, 1876: governed almost all aspects of first nation life in canada since the.
