HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John A. Macdonald, Idle No More, Dominion
4 Apr 2013
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The historical roots of whiteness in canada: rethinking race and the historical present, last friday: sir john a macdonald, idle no more, and history as contested terrain. Idle no more is about competing versions of canadian history. Canada is an imposition for the aboriginals. 1869-1870: macdonald throws out a bit of money to the hudson bay company to purchase rupert"s land. Rupert"s land turns into northwest territories and manitoba. Marked the beginning of the number of threaties where aboriginals are dispossessed of their lands and are placed on reserves. Number of threaties are still highly contentious. The threaties meant the full surrender of the control of land in exchange for ongoing payments from the government. Aboriginals are dependent on the federal government. Aboriginals believed to be signing the threaties as to become equal partners in sharing the land, not giving away their lands.
