INTD 1102 Lecture 5: Encountering Mi'kmaq Thought
23 Feb 2016
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A country as big as a continent stretching from the atlantic to the. Paci c holds all the granite, grain, timber, sh scales and fur together . Believed in the realm of the law. Saw legal work as a tool of colonialism and historical memory. Works on behalf of the indigenous people. He built a career based on working in indigenous and settler-colonial (eurocentric) world views. Mapping occurred at the time of european contact. The land of indigenous was described and displayed as if no one had been there before the europeans. This was odd because there in fact many people. Essentially the world view of a settler-colonialist. This happens through the telling of stories (analyzed by what about and whom), as well as government powers (such as school) The statements were supported as long as they were valid assumptions. From the eurocentric view, the statements tend to be seen as more valid.
