ENGLISH 3A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: First Nations, Settler Colonialism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 3A03
• Professor: Daniel Coleman

Document Summary

The six nations was one of the first nations. Canada and the u. s. have a foundational history in the oppression of indigenous people. Di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ar(cid:455) defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous(cid:863): origi(cid:374)ati(cid:374)g or o(cid:272)(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g (cid:374)aturall(cid:455) i(cid:374) a parti(cid:272)ular place; native. It refers to the relationship to a certain place. I(cid:374)dige(cid:374)eit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:272)olog(cid:455): (cid:862)e(cid:272)ologies are ali(cid:448)e (cid:449)ith the e(cid:374)duri(cid:374)g pro(cid:272)esses of (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) itself. (cid:863) Philosophical way of being in an ecology. It is not about colour of skin or blood but about the history of belonging to a certain place. Settler colonialism depends upon the ongoing logic of elimination: Settler colonies need land for immigrants to settle upon. Sometimes called invader settlers to emphasize the idea of people who are new to the land are taking over. La(cid:374)d (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es the o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t of (cid:272)o(cid:374)testatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous people"s i(cid:374)te(cid:374)se relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:449)ith land becomes the roadblock to acquisition of land and its resources.