The Northwest Coastal Indians, Kwakiutl, lived in what is now Alaska along the Pacific Ocean down the coast to Northern California. The environment was very diverse and often extreme which included a rugged strip of land with small islands, deep inlets, inland rivers and lakes, deep fjords, and wide and narrow beaches. Mountains rise to the shore in many places. Spruce, cedar, and fir forests dominated the area supplying endless amounts of wood. All the people lived near the water and relied heavily on the water for survival. Temperatures were moderate, which allowed the people to fish all year. There was access to the Pacific Ocean for fishing and collecting food like clams and shellfish. Salmon was the most important food.…
They viewed them as fellow man, as equals, who brought with them gifts of useful utensils, tools, alcohol, and weapons. (source) The Mi’kmaq were quick to ceremoniously return the favor to their new friends, sharing with them their knowledge of the land and giving them furs. The Mi’kmaq who roamed over a large territory saw no harm in allowing the small French population of (HOW MANY?) to settle in the Bay of Fundy region. (Wicken print off – 95-96) The similarities and differences between the Mi’kmaq and French people both helped improved relations. Differentially, the Acadians were sedentary and relied on agriculture and livestock for food, which worked well as the Mi’kmaq were able to continue their nomadic hunting gathering lifestyle undisturbed. Similarly, they shared a commonality in spirituality. Although they believed in different versions they were fascinated by each others beliefs and some Mi’kmaq were actually drawn into Catholicism and baptized(HOW MANY? SOURCE). Trade furthered improved relations as time went on the Mi’kmaq would reach a point of dependency on European goods. Evidence of improved relations can been seen in intermarriage between the two groups (HOW MANY? SOUCRE) Initially the Mi’kmaq had a much larger population and were never threatened by the settlers, mainly seeing them as a friend with many benefits economically, culturally, and…
✓ had a variety of storehouses in the villages, looked a lot like European structures…
The pygmy people also known as Bambuti rely on the ituri forest to supply them with basic necessities used in their daily lives. The Bambuti are primarily hunter-gatherers who travel through the forest in small isolated bands in search for everything one would need to survive. No one actually knows how long they have resided in the ituri forest although it is thought to be for over thousands of years. For the tribe the ituri forest is everything; they view the forest as a scared place in the world, since there is an ample amount of food all year long. There unique traditional economy is run on the basis of survival and not surplus. The mbuti only take what they need and feel that working to gain more than what you need is pointless. That’s why when deciding what to produce, the mbuti tribes or bands always search for the essentials of living, along with scared items for ceremonies or rituals. The mbuti people like live in small bands and that band decides what they need. They also distribute the goods according to who needs it. The people are very social among the tribe, they like to work together and spend time with family and friends when there not searching or hunting for goods.…
. Plants are burned, animals are slaughtered, and human deviations are banished to the Fringes where they are out of sight, cannot reproduce, and will either die or live a miserable life. The main reason that the citizens of Waknuk desire such sameness and conformity is because of their superstitious and religious beleifs. They believe that God sent tribulations to "The Old People", and that was why their society was destroyed. Because they don't want the same thing to happen to their society, the people of "The New World" and of Waknuk believe that they must keep the gene pool free of mutations and deviations, so that everyone is made in the "true image" of God. Those who are not in the "true image", and those who do not do everything within their capability to keep society true to how God created and desired it are shaming God, and will force him to send tribulations to the town as punishment. The extreme need of the citizens of Waknuk to conform and follow their cultural superstitions drives them to do crazy things that are detrimental to their community, such as burn crops, kill livestock, and send away or kill their friends and family. Without this extreme desire to rid themselves and their community of differences, and to please God and avoid his wrath and punishment, the citizens of Waknuk could probably live fairly normal lives. They would have more food, more livestock, and probably more money from selling anything that they had left over. The Chrysalids demonstrates how diversity can be a good thing, and how dangerous conformity and societal superstitions can be…
Bibliography: Conrad, Margaret & Finkel, Alvin. History of the Canadian Peoples: Volume 1-Beginnings to 1867. Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2009.…
On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident happened at the Chernobyl plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere.…
In the beginning of chapter one of the book, The Chrysalids, David, the main character, describes a recurring dream about an unknown city. He describes the dream as a city clustered on the curve of a big blue bay. The city had unusual automobiles, with carts being pulled without horses and shiny fish shaped things in the sky. David's description of the dream is quite vague and the book does not further address its significance. The reader is unaware of its importance later on in the book.…
Religion was a vital part of everyday life for the British. They felt that they had been ‘burdened’ with the task of having to spread their faith – Christianity. When the British had come into contact with the Aboriginals, they tried to ‘save’ them by introducing them to their religion, however, the Aboriginals had their own religion – the dreamtime.…
One of the hardest parts of their transitions was coming to a community without education and without any place to continue some large aspects of their lifestyles like traditional meals and worship. Once they began to get…
Canada as a nation-state traces its evolution from the dispossession, racism, genocide and displacement of Indigenous peoples, lands and territories by European settlers and colonialists, mainly coming from Britain and France during the 15th century onwards. In a global context, settler-colonialism in present-day Canada was similar to the European conquest and colonial practices all over the world as there was a general trend and attempts of annihilating the Indigenous population. This overall impacted the cultures, traditions and social, political and economic organizations of Indigenous peoples. It is estimated that at the start of European settlement in Canada in the 15th century, there were around 350,000 to 500,000 and up to estimates…
When Loyalists arrived, British North America’s demographics had changed. The English-speaking loyalists increased and grew about a percent of the population in Quebec. Most significantly, they hoped and claimed democratic rights where many people viewed fundamental. English and French were the two dominant groups in a colony that the Constitutional Act acknowledged. Upper Canada and Lower Canada were created by Carleton to give back the reality that they had different religious, political, legal outlooks and had different economic and land owning traditions. Each colony would have its own capital city and a Governor General appointed by Britain who would manage its governance of colonies. Most Canadians lived in agreement with the more traditional and tending to preserve the status quo of the Roman Catholic Church.…
In Upper Canada, the main discontent was about the government's land policies and its favouritism towards the Clergy and its supporters. 2/7 of the best land in Upper Canada was set aside for the clergy and Family Compact as a source of income, resulting in many bitter farmers. Many had to move to rural areas with poor farming conditions and had to travel around the land set aside, wasting precious time and energy. Immigrants from America resented the fat that the government denied them from their political rights. In the 1820s, William Lyon Mackenzie, a crusading journalists with great enthusiasm and little judgement, launched a fierce attack on the Family Compact. Despite several attempts to silence him,…
The chief of the kalinagos was respected and feared among the community. The leader was changed frequently as is he was challenged and the challenger proved to be stronger he would have to step down and pass over leadership to the stronger one.…
The technology of tianoes and caribes were skill at constructing and using dugout cones for fishing and transportation purposes.…