Cyrstyn Hornung Mr. Thompson Article Summary American History 9/26/13 This article “People of the Long House” is about the life of the Iroquois people. These people are very interesting; they were independent and very smart. They had a remarkable form of a government. Their lives were good‚ but of course like everyone else in this world they were not perfect. They made really bad decisions and tried to solve them by war. This is never a good idea. The men and woman were treated differently
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From 1910-1970‚ many Indigenous children were taken from their biological families‚ because of unnecessary government policies. Although this is over‚ the traumatic experience of the children who experienced that‚ consequently‚ is having a current impact on Indigenous communities‚ families and individuals. The Stolen Generation is what these children are known as. The Europeans wrongly told the children of the Stolen Generation that their parents had either died or abandoned them after once they
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homeland of the First Nation peoples. The First Nations peoples living in Saskatchewan include the Métis‚ Cree‚ Chipewyan‚ Assiniboine/Dene‚ Blackfeet‚ Sioux‚ Saulteaux‚ and many others. In terms of population distribution‚ As far as I continue to get more information about the Aboriginal peoples of Canada‚ I found it hard to distinguish the Aboriginal peoples from non Aboriginal peoples because I am not familiar with many tribes of Canada‚ especially Aboriginal peoples. The information seems to
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at the Athabascan people primarily on the aspect of contact with the European world. Focusing on how the Athabascan people were impacted from contacted and what happened throughout the contact. The impact came through trade‚ the clashing of cultures‚ and the epidemics that were caused from the new world experiencing old world diseases. Starting with the impact of trade on the Athabascan people had many ramifications. With guns now being widespread among the Native Alaskan people hunting‚ which used
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Moreover‚ "Aboriginal people" is a communal title for the original popular of North America (AANDC‚ 2015). The prejudice against the Aboriginal people still continues today‚ it is not as severe and oppressive as it used to be; however‚ it still remains today and is entrenched in the legal‚ education‚ and health care systems (Morrison et al.‚ 2008). Aboriginal people are more prone to be sent to prison especially because they are unable to compensate their fines and receive inadequate representation
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Canada’s treaties with the Native peoples were not extremely freely negotiated. Firstly‚ the Canadian government’s intention of the treaty was quite well-known. Obviously‚ they wanted to take the land which belongs to the natives’. In order to achieve their ambitious goal‚ they took advantage of the decay of the bison. Clearly‚ the Canadian government knew what the natives thought: they were losing their main source of food and they were willing to negotiate with the Canadian government. The Canadian
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The Bunjalung people The Bundjalung people are the original custodians of Northen coastal NSW‚ located approximately 500 Km north east of Sydney. The area includes the Bundjalung National park and Mount Warning and is approximately 6‚000 square metres. Significant towns include Grafton‚ Yamba and the Gold Coast. There are several sub-tribes of the Bundjalung people as it is a vast area. ((Wikipediaorg‚ 2016) In 170 Captain Cook named prominent coastal features along the region however the Aboriginal
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Association Journal‚ 155(11)‚ 1569–1578. This article highlights the variation between the overall health of Canada’s indigenous population as compared to the health of the non-native population. The data used for this research was extracted from research studies and compiled to provide health care workers with a greater awareness of the health issues affecting Canada’s native people in hopes of developing methods to help address these issues and improve the health of the native population. A close
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No one knows exactly when people came to the Americas- maybe 40‚000 years ago- walk from Asia to Alaska- world’s oceans low/ land bridge. Beringia Separate waves of migrants different times- settled different regions from Artic Circle to South America distinct language and customs 1400’s 8 to 10 million people lived in the U. S. (map pg. 16) West Africans pg. 29 Morocco= north Congo River in the south of the forest kingdoms Benin Guinea= great kingdoms well organized Societies= farming trade
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William McNeill‚ Plagues and Peoples William McNeill was a prominent historian whose works left an undeniable mark in history. He was determined to examine a various number of diseases‚ and how they had affected the world’s population over the years in this book of knowledge. McNeill believed that the spread of infectious disease became a main shaper of history that preyed upon places such as China with the bubonic plague‚ to Mexico and the effects of smallpox. The author points out how several
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