HIS312H1 Lecture Notes - Peguis First Nation, Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Chinese Canadians
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Who gets to define: official/unofficial narratives, secret histories of migration. One of three general categories of indigenous canadian peoples (in addition to metis and inuit) Term also used to reference specific bands/communities (i. e. peguis first nation) There are 630 recognized first nations in canada. Came to replace term english word tribe that failed to recognize them on equal terms with european peoples. First pm, first minister of indian affairs. Architect of res schools, had knowledge of huge impact of policies on child mortality. Authorized starvation of first nations in the north west to force them into submission (instead of armed campaigns in us) To convince the red man that the white man governs. Auth. military action against indigenous forces attempting to defend land rights. Member of the orange lodge : anticatholic, racist secretive fraternity in ontario. Saw them as a threat to canadian order. Involved in the adoption of chinese canadian head tax.
