ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Terra Nullius, Kapuskasing, Anishinaabe

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 105W
• Professor: Carole Gerson

Document Summary

Eng 105 lecture 4 intro. to indian horse. Time period: pub 1908 set in 1880"s; pub 2012, set in 1960"s-70"s. Protagonist: white girl; ojibwa boy: seems to be complete opposites, both exceptional children in language & reading. Both about life in canada & children & school, finding their own way. Not direct autobiography but reflects authors" childhood emotions & experiences. Both concerned w/ language, naming & power. Also fables b/c of positive endings, suggests how to make canada a better place. Pei abegweit ile st. jean saint john"s island prince edward island: faced many names determined by those who controlled the land, prevalence of pei connection to britain & reflects power of the colonizers, ex. Langara renaming to a musqueum name: they refer to white men as zhaunagush, their names are biblical except for great-grandfather shabogeesick. Shows how they"ve been so christianised that they take these biblical. From wabasseemoong first nation in nw ontario ojibway (anishnabeg)