HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fusel Alcohol, Two-Spirit, Mortified
22 Nov 2012
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24 september: the fatal impact debate, trade. Aboriginals had been trading with each other for many years. Alexander mackenzie realized this when he arrived at the site and they had things from other parts of the country before europeans had arrived. Aboriginals dominated trade circles, eager to trade for iron, steel, woven fabric. Aboriginals demanded a metaphorical kin-related way of trading. Father couldn t hold direct power over his children, he had to be generous to the people in his group. Each year they wold meet in montr al to have a feast and receive the gifts from the europeans. Europeans had to learn to speak native languages to trade with them: disease and drink. Disease may have been the most potent weapon of european colonization. Culturally significant as it may have undermined aboriginal belief in their own religious traditions. Immunity to certain diseases caused the natives to belief that the europeans had a special spirituality.
