DEVS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Settler Colonialism, Aryan Nations, Treaty 6
2 Mar 2017
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North west mounted police: was supposed to protect the cree people after the they signed treaty 6, really just moved cree people onto tiny reserves to starve. Was supposed to protect them from alcohol and settlers: attacks against aboriginal people went ignored. When they attacked colonials, they were severely punished: aboriginal people attempted to avoid any conflict with citizens, police began to be the managers of indian life. Removed indians from town limits before dark. Colonization: first done by explorers and little changes were made, then the economy was altered to make aboriginal people peasant producers on their own land with their own resources, then came settler colonialism. Aboriginal people not seen as valuable and are pushed out of the way as. Factors affecting the increase of aboriginal criminality towns and infrastructure was created: changing ideology and face of canada as a multicultural nation. Since john a. macdonald, canada wanted to be an aryan nation.
