Settler colonialism

Maria Campbell’s Stories of the Road Allowance People provides the audience with engaging stories while providing insight into the histories of the Indigenous peoples. This book is more than just a history book or an entertainment piece, it draws the reader into the life and culture of those whose stories it shares. By providing the reader with exquisite art to accompany the stories, Campbell is able to give the reader as full of an experience of First Nations and Metis culture that a book…

After finally getting out of the old world, the European explorers land upon a “New World” meeting the new, native peoples forming a relationship between them. This relationship was not quite ideal for each group; European exploration and colonization into the “New World” had a strong negative impact on the native people. The impact of exploration and colonization on the native peoples was enslavement, disease, and the forced changing of the natives religious views. Upon entering into the…

eastern coastline of North America. Settlers came to establish new lives for either religious or economic reasons. The lifestyle and economies of those settlers varied in the three colonial regions based on the climate and geography around them. In the New England colonies, it was hard to make profit from farming so the settlers traded to earn profit. Settlers in the Middle colonies relied trade, manufacturing, and farming for profit. In the Southern colonies, settlers mainly relied on farming…

Spanish Exploration lasted from 1492-1588 and impacted the development of the New World. This is significant because it featured the Columbian Exchange, which was the exchange of food, vegetation, resources, and diseases. For example, the exchange of diseases lead to the unintended consequence of almost wiping out the Tanio Native population toward extinction. While this happened, at the same time the Treaty of Tordesillas was established, which separated Spain and Portugal’s claim on the New…

Canada is well known for its multicultural population and acceptance of all religions, races, and traditions, but it wasn’t always this way. Canada has a gruesome history of racism and violence that many people like to disregard. It took a long time to make our Country this way, and our history evokes striking interest to some. Preconception is still very much alive in modern Canada, but how did it start? And why? History of racism dates back as far as Canada’s very first settlement. Feud…

J.D.Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” is able to portray Seymour Glass’ and the hardship he has to face after experiencin a war veteran from the second world war Seymour Glass seems as if he has post traumatic stress disorders as he acts abnormally, which can be inferred from the phone call between his wife Muriel and her mother discussing about Seymour’s idiosyncratic behavior. Like a war is caused by the materialistic greed of humans, the imaginary creature thought up through…

Religion is used as a tool for rulers to justify and motivate oppression. Since religion is used as a tool of oppression, negative political and economic effects occur. These effects include political revolutions and economic turmoil. Instances in which religion oppressed and created conflict are demonstrated by the Aztecs as well as events in Spain and England. The Spanish Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, expelled, tortured, severely questioned, and forced Jews and Muslims to convert to Roman…

Picture a vast scope stretching from the Red River Basin to the Plains of Colorado to the Arkansas River to the Rio Grande. Envision the diverse groups of Natives that live on the land peacefully. Imagine the golden Pueblos of the Acoma Indians, the Hogan huts of the Navajo, and the wiki-ups of the Lipan. Then imagine this picturesque view shattered by European imperialism. The Europeans during the 16th and 17th centuries took several different approaches to the New World. The French saw…

Introduction The 20th century has witnessed the transformation of the United States from a dominating white population to society rich with an array of religious, racial and ethnic minority groups. Historically, the country has been dominated by a settler group of ethically and religiously diverse whites. Traced back to the first settlements from the 1600s to the 19th century, most minority groups in the United States were as result of forced immigration to work in the American firms (Du Bois,…

After reading Carlos Montezuma, “What Indians Must Do”, it speaks at the time of adversity for the Indians due to the fact that they were treated horrible during the Progressive Era. As the Indians were restrained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Montezuma stated that “Convinced that outsiders exerted too much power over life on the reservations, he insisted that self-determination was the only way for Indians to escape poverty and marginalization.” This address represents the assurance for…