Canada's Natives Changes

Throughout history, mankind attempted to explore and discover everything in this world. The Europeans, for example, attempted to discover further than Europe. From Western Europe, the French reached Canada, and since then, many changes were occurred to Canada’s natives. Since the first encounter between the French settlers and Indigenous people, numerous drastic and irreversible changes to the land and society occurred. These changes include the creation of a complex and interdependent relationship between both groups. For example, the French were introduced to a completely different environment, where the natives had to face and adjust to an entirely different race in their land. The aboriginals were fascinated by the French’s unique merchandize …show more content…
The alliance between the natives and foreigners resulted in tense rivalries among many Aboriginals’ tribes. For example, “the Algonquins and the Iroquois competed for control of the St. Lawrence gateway for the French fur traders”. At the end, the Iroquois had disappeared during the sixteenth century. Also, many native tribes were reduced in numbers, and were merged together. At one point, the Micmacs and the Abenakis battled over the control of trading between tribes from other regions. These revelries were a result of a proxy war between France and Britain or more specifically, between the French and the Dutch. These regions provided the aboriginal people with firearms and encouraged opposition between them. The trade venture had kept the aboriginal people busy in collecting and storing food. The Aboriginals had to purchase dried peas, biscuits, and other natural products from Europeans, also, they traded their European goods, like fur, for cornmeal with the Indians of southern New England. As the trading continued, however, the Aboriginals’ nutrition system began to worsen. As a result, the consumption of alcohol by the Aboriginals became a norm. The negative effects of fur trading were made present as the excessive hunting activity decimated the wildlife population, especially that of beavers. …show more content…
Both men and women contributed to share their opinions about their community concerns, their affairs with other tribes, and war. These decisions were made by voting. The women had the power to decline war because they were controlling the economy. The chief of the tribe would apply his peoples’ recommendation. Everyone in the tribe had a representative on the council. The people were involved in their tribes matter. This system has changed when the French brought the “civilized laws” as they claimed. They imposed laws that were made by the king and the church. The tribal council is no longer effective. The women were subordinate under their men. The participation was abandoned. The aboriginal men had no right to vote or participate in his land matters. They were obliged to obey the rules. The French rule had disturbed the democracy in the aboriginal