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Residential schools

a) Killing members of the group

“many of the people I was in school with have died”,  “A lot of them have been murdered.” – Carol Dawson

This shows a lot of people were murdered for their culture and life style.
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

” I saw the abuse of other students” – Carol Dawson

Lots of girls and boys were abused in a variety of ways which effected lots in a mental way.

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

“At that time I believe the Native kids weren’t allowed to go to the public school system, so that’s when they sent us off to the Residential School.”

Canada was separating the groups of the First Nations people and the other kids in Canada.

Fairness poll

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Book covers

The Battle of seven Oaks

The Battle of Seven Oaks started because of the Governor of the Selrik Colony who created a law where pemmican was to not be shared with people out of their colony this was called pemmican proclamation. He then created another law stating that running Buffalo was illegal, this stopped the aboriginals from receiving food, clothing, and income. The Metis didn’t like how he was messing with their life. The Metis threatened to burn crops and houses down in anger, they also threatened to steal animals and the colony’s agricultural tools. The Battle between HBC and the Metis only ended up lasting 15 minutes. The HBC wanted to drive the remaining men out of the red rivers area. After this battle colonists left the colony and Metis and the English speaking individuals became very distant. The Metis also became a allied group with values and economy.

Causes – Selkirk invited colonist to settle between Metis and NWC trade routes.
Selkirk settlers couldn’t grow enough food.
Selkirk colonist depended on pemmican trade with Metis.
Miles McDonald of the Hudson Bay company created a law called the pemmican proclamation. This law banned the selling and trading of pemmican and running of the buffaloes. These two things was the main source of income, food, and clothing for the metis and aboriginal people.
HBC were expanding their trade into the territory of the NWC
The scottish arrived after suffering from cold, inadequate clothing and transportation and hunger.
NWC and Metis start attacking

Components – NWC captured HBC’s pemmican boats, stole their pemmican, and took over their fort hoping that this will starve the selkirk settlers.
15 minute battle
NWC stealing pemmican
Grant transporting the stolen HBC pemmican
Robert Semple rides out with 21 men to intercept Cuthbert Grant
Grant had 65 people with him.
Cuthbert Grant and the Metis win – Semple is killed

Consequences- Colonist left the colony putting an end to the first british agricultural settlement
Men from the NWC were arrested and massacred by Selkirk.
Selkirk takes over NWC forts and arrests workers
Metis now believe the British are a danger to their way of life
Buffalo hunting and permanent agriculture agriculture cannot co-exist

In the picture above it I think the prospective is that the Metis are attacking the settlers for taking over there land.

Aboriginal Fur Trade

1)How were Aboriginal people depicted in early accounts of the fur trade?

Aboriginal people trade with Europe, they can no longer provide for themselves with out the help of the Europeans. They trade with the Europeans for technology and supplies.

2) What does newer evidence show to be more accurate about Aboriginals in the fur trade?

There was no evidence but the tendency for Indians to depend on these traders, and the risk that the trader was taking was similar to what the Indians were taking. If shipping fails and they become dependent on the resources of there country.

3) In what ways did Europeans adapt to Aboriginal economic traditions?

Europeans were forced to bargain within Aboriginal terms, and give fights as a central part of the trading process.

4) Why did Europeans have to adapt to Aboriginal commerce?

Behaviour of Aboriginal people was not that different from the behaviour of the Europeans who were profit-driven and market-oriented.

5) How would you characterize Cree and Assiniboine economic ability and methods?

The Cree and Assiniboine have the ability to absorb different habitat zones, compromise the new ideas, methods, ands technology this allowed them to turn the economic system.

6) After 1670, how did the Cree and Assiniboine show their economic flexibility?

Both the Cree and Assiniboine groups were tired from going east as trappers in the French/Ottawa system of trade, these groups quickly assumed the role of middlemen in the HBC trade. They then pushed their trading and trapping areas northwest with the help from the Europeans.

7) How would you describe the Cree and Assiniboine inland trade strategies?

The Cree and Assiniboine kept taking over control of the inland York Factory trade, They created a trading blockade and monopoly of the trade, they would trade with interior groups as there strategies.

8) How and why did the Aboriginal middlemen’s role change in the late 18th century?

Cree and Assiniboine began to move towards the south as a result of changing economic orientation. The trading houses were established in the parkland and the plains to easily receive and store the pemmican, grease, and dried meat.The Aboriginals began to serve the food for trading companies.

9) How did the Cree and Assiniboine retain independence from European technologies?

They needed a variety of metal goods that the Europeans had, they placed a higher price on cloth and blankets that the different people living in the parklands and grasslands.

Conferences

Charlottetown Conference

This happened on September 1-9.1864 before the Charlottetown conference the Maritime provinces were talking and discussing about their union. Once the Charlottetown Conference began discussion continued about union also  about financial agreements and the governments form. I was glad I attended the conference.

The Quebec Conference

This Conference happened on October 10-27. 1864. People were pleased about the Charlottetown Conference so the the Delegates from the Mairitme colonies were invited to Quebec  for further discussion. They were hoping that a proposal would be drafted. As a result of the Quebec Conference the 72 resolutions were drafted. I was happy about this since I am from Canada West and so was the new chairmen.