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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Fur Trade
-mercury leaked into environment and people, causing mercury posining ( hat makers used mercury )
-beaver depopulation, they were hunted nearly to extinction by trappers-affected today's population -many fur trading posts turned into today's cities -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Early Contact with Europeans
-exposed First Nations to technologies like pots and pans that helped them survive to this day
- relationships were made that benefited both sides
-Set in motion events that continued to create tension today -
Period: Apr 12, 1550 to
British Rule
- the trading posts made for trade meant Aboriginals had to constantly move and trap animals
- Depopulation of animals meant less food and raw resources for the actual Aboriginals
- invasion of their land meant they had to deal with constant bullying and no real control over themsleves
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Period: to
The Seven Years' War
-A lot of reserved land was populated by settlers and their culture stayed in the area
- The British and French control most of the land that was originally Aboriginal -
Hudson's Bay Company Monopoly + North West 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 -
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.
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European Disease
Smallpox, Influenza, measles
- loss of population set them back for the future
- outnumbered by Europeans so their control of land diminished even more
- First Nations became somewhat more immune to the diseases after -
Period: to
The Numbered Treaties
-Unintentionally lost their land and homes
- "cash for land" bamboozeled them and the concept didn't trully effect them until later when they saw the government control them
- Aboriginals had to live on reserves -
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) -
Period: to
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