Some Native communities became dependent of trade and began to live near European settlements, and their resettlement made them expose to the epidemics which killed many Aboriginal people who had no natural immunity. Moreover, alliances between Aboriginal people and Europeans often led to economic competition and sometimes caused wars. (e.g., Iroquois fought against Huron people to displace them in the trade with French). In addition, the custom of trading brandy for furs was a destructive aspect. Alcohol abuse contributed to violence in Aboriginal communities, to society disharmony and to the deterioration of an originally healthy Aboriginal population.
Europeans Vs. Aboriginals : The contact that changes everything Throughout the 1600s to 1900s Native people’s culture has been greatly harmed due to the fact of European contact. Taking over land by killing off food supply thus forcing Aboriginals to sign treaties to destroying their culture by enforcing assimilation. Ever since the Europeans came to Canada they have been nothing good for the First Nations living on the Land. In the 19th Century, government policy changed from government-to-government relations with Aboriginal Nations to attempts to integrate and assimilate. This change was due to a number of factors: the decline of the fur trade; an end to most of the armed conflict between the various new arrivals; and, the desire for more land and resources for the settlers.
Aboriginal Peoples: Racism in Colonial Context * The agent was the sole authority in this community and they had all the power to punish or deprive, this worked to break down the traditional authority system , so it basically broke down their social structures * A second element of denationalization was attempted destruction of culture * Natives relied on government handouts because they could not sustain their own lives (they were only allowed to hunt and fish when the Indian agent said they could * The federal government still control when they natives can hunt and fish * Condition on the reserve: no employment, except for those who serve Indian agent therefore poverty and hunger arose and became a serious issue * People faced with
All the tribes seem to describe in their own story how the whites started to obliterate their religion, their culture and their way of life. As Brown portrays the changing Indian lives, he also brings to life their battles, battles that may have been forgotten by the American whites but never erased from the Indian hearts. Such battles include Little Crow’s War, sparked by the failing promises to the Indians to give them rations. This war was one of many where the Indians would lose, by being persecuted, hanged and executed merely for defending their lands and speaking up for their mistreatment. The book also illustrates the few battles won by the tribes, which would not only give them a
They would give them items such as alcohol, guns, textiles, metal tools, and pots in return for the elite furs. As the demand for furs rose, they began to corrupt the nature of animals that the Indians followed. Unknowingly the French also killed many natives through illness; the goods that the French offered to the natives carried diseases and led to the death of many Indians because of their lack of immunity. The relationship between the Spanish colonists and the Indians was a callous one and only benefited the Spanish. In the 1500s, the Spanish arrived in the New World with the intent to convert natives to Catholicism, trade, and discover riches.
The Chinese have contributed countless of efforts to build one of most important asset of the country, the Canadian Pacific Railways. The Chinese were mistreated by the Canadian government in many ways such as wages, basic needs, and job protections. Even after when the railway was completed, the Canadian government continues to impose further more segregation onto the Chinese from the general society. Actions like gradually incremented head taxes and elimination of their right to vote are things that the government has done. For these actions, Canada discriminated its own
For example, during the French and Indian War, British commander and chief Jeffery Amherst suggested using smallpox to wipe out the Native Americans (D'Errico, 2010). When these new disease were introduced, the shaman or medicine men were baffled and unable to heal the ailments. As a result of the natives’ shaman being unable to cure their people of these diseases, the natives began not to believe in their healing powers. However, many of the indigenous that did not fall to disease, were captured for slavery. Many people believe that slavery of the Native Americans was a result of the Europeans colonizing the New World, but it was not.
In 1648, the Seneca got deep into Canada and surrounded the capital of Huronia, place devastated by smallpox epidemics, which meant to a nonstop conquering by the Seneca. As Huron’s were defeated, thousands of them were forced to be part of this growing tribe, carrying the legacy of loss and the marks of a disease that meant their crushing. Another clue about origins of the story lays on how direct the moral is pointed to the chipmunk’s behavior and the reason why it was scarred for life. The bear’s prepotency over other animals and the odd highlighted idea on how all the other animals feared him2, contrary to chipmunk’s wit upon the bear yet weakness regarding strength, shows the author is not in accordance with being weaker –under the control- of the bear but he accepts the bear’s power. Therefore, the origins of this story may have source in Huron people living subjugated in Seneca’s lands.
Before enrolling in American Indian Studies 475 I had known that Columbus had not discovered America. I knew that he had landed in what he thought was India and named the local people Indians. What I did not know was where he had actually landed and the destruction he had caused to the local people. Although at first, the deaths were accidental due to lack of immunity to the disease brought by Columbus and his men, the trip slowly turned into one that resulted in essentially the extinction of what Columbus called the Arawak peoples. I think what drew me most to this topic, was the lack of knowledge we have about who Christopher Columbus was, and the atrocities he committed.
Many of the Native Americans suffered from disease, starvation and death because of the forced relocation to the west. A change in climate and environment did not assist with the relocation of this society that had first existed on the American soil. This tragic incident is most remembered as the “The Trail of Tears”. Furthermore, the lack of compensation, by the government, to the Native Americans destroyed, the already diminishing, numbers of their eastern tribes. Many Americans opposed the removal of the Native Americans and argued that they too had been civilized and should be allowed to remain on the homelands, specifically Davey Crocket.