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Beaver Hat Grant
-aboriginals were used for hunting and trapping which led to anger towards the french -
Royal Proclamation
-First step toward the recognition of existing Aboriginal rights
-Aboriginal people continually have had to prove their existing title to the land through legal disputes.
-Results in the argument that non-Aboriginal settlement in B.C. is on stolen land. And that aint right -
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Destruction of the beothuk
-all of them are dead
-there is no more of their culture -
hudsons bay company
-initiated a fierce competition among the nations to provide the furs for the Europeans- incited a rivalry among the nations to acquire the Euro techno goods such as guns and knives- relationships(such as tribes and villages) were created between posts and tribes that were past on to later generations -
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Residential Schools
-Forced Aboriginals to give up their cultures and beliefs that led to the idea of being assimilated - Children were being punished for not obeying( abuse, emotional scarring, physical scarring, even death) -Many children lost touch with their own history, language, heritage and culture -
Small Pox Outbreak
-The outbreak killed thousands of cree and blackfoot aboriginal
-brittish used diesese as warfare against the aboridginal men and women -
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signing of 5 numbered tresties
-People were displaced to designated reserve lands.
- Aboriginals had to promise they would keep the peace and maintain law and order -
Indian act
1927- made it illegal for Aboriginals to pursue land, which meant they could not have direct "ownership" of their land. - meant that most Aboriginals would be restricted and controlled by government officials. -status Indian meant they would recieve specific benefits from the government (even to this day) -
native americans are allowed to vote in federal elections
-equality among canadians -
red river colony
- The Aboriginals opposed settlers because they were taking their land without asking, this caused tension and battles (future) - Foreign government like the British tried to and did control most of the Aboriginal movement and limited their activity.
