Canada has maintained a diverse cultural identity throughout the years. One way is through the Native Canadians that lived there. They had many unique characteristics among other tribes in other locations. They made kayaks‚ dogsleds and umiaks. Most were nomads‚ worshipped nature‚ and had shaman. They made things such as jewelry and needles.Another way is through fur trade. Fur trade was a very big deal in Canada. They would trap beaver and use their fur to make hats. This was the popular style in
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The Inuit appear not to have interfered with their operations‚ but they raided the stations in winter for tools and items made of worked iron‚ which they adapted to their own needs. Martin Frobisher’s 1576 search for the Northwest Passage was the first well-documented post-Columbian contact between Europeans and Inuit. Frobisher’s expedition landed in Frobisher Bay‚ Baffin Island‚ not far from the settlement now called The City of Iqaluit which was long known as Frobisher Bay. Frobisher encountered
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Metis and Indians had the intentions to rise and take up arms against the government，the end results showed that only about 500 people were ready to rebel against the government.This is an evidence that most of the Metis did not intend to rebel at first‚ but with Louis Riel’s provocations‚ they eventually strayed to the dark side. The northwest government banned the sale of ammunitions‚ This would ensure the lack of weapons for the Metis’ rebellion. The government was well-armed with the call
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climate and economy. The collapse of society in Greenland caused the Norse to disappear from Greenland around the 15th century‚ and sail to Newfoundland and Labrador because they thought life would be better there. Eirik the Red‚ a Norwegian explorer‚ first sailed to Greenland around 985 CE‚ and then returned to build a society‚ settling there along with other explorers from Norway who came to Greenland and divided up the land. The Norse society in Greenland lasted for
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belief that Riel was mentally ill‚ and therefore should be given mercy. Riel’s execution is often seen as a breaking point in the relations between the French and the English. From a number of perspectives‚ Louis Riel did not receive a fair trial. First‚ that the case against Riel was being heard by a jury of six English-speaking men. At that point‚ the English and the French were not the most cordial. English-speaking men‚ at the small courtroom in Regina‚ have been against Riel’s beliefs and his
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personal gain. The Aboriginal people would have been perfectly fine without the Europeans. If it’s not broke- don’t try fixing it. In 1670 the Hudson Bay Company came to North America with the plans to exploit the fur trade with the help of first nation’s people. Though the aboriginals did receive many use full tools like rifles‚ knives pots and pans this lead them down a road of losing their culture and way of life‚ of living off the land. With these newly found tools that made their lives
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Characteristics of the First Crusade When the First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II at Clermont in 1095‚ he could not have envisaged the scale of religious fervor that his words stirred in the hearts of Christian Europe. The Gesta Francorum states “A great commotion arose through all the regions of France‚ so that if anyone earnestly wished to follow God with pure heart and mind‚ and wanted to bear the cross faithfully after him‚ he would hasten to take the road to the Holy Sepulchre…. When
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Residential Schools: A Promise to the Aboriginal People Shakainah D. Aycardo Residential Schools in Canada have left a negative and destructive legacy in the lives of Aboriginal People. Aboriginal people hold the results of their ancestors long standing and their occupancy of the land. Hunting‚ trapping‚ and fishing on Ancestral lands‚ some examples that Aboriginal people rights. Residential Schools were established by the Canadian
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To understand the reasoning behind the creation of residential schools you need to first understand the ideals of colonialism and imperialism and how they impacted decision-making by the government of Canada. Colonialism‚ as defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ is “control by one power over a dependent area or people” and imperialism is defined as “the extension or imposition of power‚ authority‚ or influence .” Therefore‚ as these two concepts go hand-in-hand‚ it is natural that combined they form
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(Benson & Fielding‚ 2010‚ p. 54) and create an inclusive space in addressing the colonialization of the Indigenous Peoples. In order to understand the need for an enlarged mentality surrounding the topic of Indigenous versus settler history‚ it is first necessary to understand the effects of convergence liberalism and illiberal fundamentalism. According to Benson and Fielding (2010)‚
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